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electromagnetic radiation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Radiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: radiation

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noun

Meaning 2

radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: radiation

Narrower terms: actinic radiation, actinic ray, beam, ray, electron beam, black-body radiation, blackbody radiation, Hertzian wave, gamma radiation, gamma ray, line, microwave, radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation, X ray, X-ray, X-radiation, roentgen ray

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Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: elektromagnetiese straling — radiation
  • Amharic: ኤሌክትሮመግነጢስ ጨረራ (ʾelektəromägnäṭis č̣ärära) — radiation
  • Armenian: էլեկտրամագնիսական ճառագայթում (ēlektramagnisakan čaṙagaytʻum) — radiation
  • Assamese: বিদ্যুৎ চুম্বকীয় বিকিৰণ (biiddut sumboki bikiron) — radiation
  • Asturian: radiación electromagnético — radiation
  • Azerbaijani: elektromaqnit şüalanması — radiation
  • Bashkir: электромагнит нурланыш (elektromagnit nurlanış) — radiation
  • Basque: erradiazio elektromagnetikoa — radiation
  • Belarusian: электрамагнітнае выпраменьванне (eljektramahnitnaje vypramjenʹvannje) — radiation
  • Bengali: তড়িৎ-চৌম্বকীয় বিকিরণ (toṛit-cōumbokiẏo bikiron) — radiation
  • Bulgarian: електромагнитно излъчване (elektromagnitno izlǎčvane) — radiation
  • Catalan: radiació electromagnètica — radiation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電磁輻射 /电磁辐射 (diàncí fúshè) — radiation
  • Chuvash: электромагнитла пайӑркалав (elektromagnitla p̬ajărk̬alav) — radiation
  • Czech: elektromagnetické záření — radiation
  • Danish: elektromagnetisk stråling — radiation
  • Dutch: elektromagnetische straling — radiation
  • Esperanto: elektromagneta radiado — radiation
  • Estonian: elektromagnetiline kiirgus — radiation
  • Finnish: sähkömagneettinen säteily — radiation
  • French: rayonnement électromagnétique — radiation
  • Galician: radiación electromagnética — radiation
  • Georgian: ელექტრომაგნიტური გამოსხივება (elekṭromagniṭuri gamosxiveba) — radiation
  • German: elektromagnetische Strahlung — radiation
  • Greek: ηλεκτρομαγνητική ακτινοβολία (ilektromagnitikí aktinovolía) — radiation
  • Hebrew: קרינה אלקטרומגנטית — radiation
  • Hindi: विद्युतचुंबकीय विकिरण (vidyutcumbkīya vikiraṇ) — radiation
  • Hungarian: elektromágneses sugárzás — radiation
  • Icelandic: rafsegulgeislun — radiation
  • Indonesian: radiasi elektromagnetik — radiation
  • Interlingua: radiation electromagnetic — radiation
  • Irish: astaíocht leictreamaighnéadach — radiation
  • Italian: radiazione elettromagnetica — radiation
  • Japanese: 電磁放射 (denjihōsha) — radiation
  • Korean: 전자기복사 (jeonjagiboksa) — radiation
  • Northern Kurdish: radyasyona elektromagnetîk — radiation
  • Kyrgyz: электр-магниттик нурлануу (elektr-magnittik nurlanuu) — radiation
  • Latvian: elektromagnētiskais starojums — radiation
  • Lithuanian: elektromagnetinė spinduliuotė — radiation
  • Macedonian: електромагнетно зрачење (elektromagnetno zračenje) — radiation
  • Malayalam: വിദ്യുത്കാന്തിക പ്രസരണം (vidyutkāntika prasaraṇaṁ) — radiation
  • Mongolian: цахилгаан соронзон цацрал (caxilgaan soronzon cacral) — radiation
  • Nepali: विद्युतचुम्बकीय विकिरण (vidyutacumbakīya vikiraṇ) — radiation
  • Norwegian: elektromagnetisk stråling — radiation
  • Persian: تابش الکترومغناطیسی — radiation
  • Polish: promieniowanie elektromagnetyczne — radiation
  • Portuguese: radiação eletromagnética — radiation
  • Punjabi: ਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰੋਮੈਗਨੈਟਿਕ ਰੇਡੀਏਸ਼ਨ (ilaikṭromaignaiṭik reḍīēśan) — radiation
  • Romanian: radiație electromagnetică — radiation
  • Russian: электромагнитное излучение (el'ektromagnítnoje izlučénije) — radiation
  • Serbo-Croatian: elektromagnetsko zračenje — radiation
  • Slovak: elektromagnetické žiarenie — radiation
  • Slovene: elektromagnetno valovanje — radiation
  • Spanish: radiación electromagnética — radiation
  • Swedish: elektromagnetisk strålning — radiation
  • Tagalog: radyasyong elektromagnetiko — radiation
  • Tamil: மின்காந்தக் கதிர்வீச்சு (miṉkāntak katirvīccu) — radiation
  • Thai: รังสีแม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า (rang-sǐi-mɛ̂ɛ-lèk-fai-fáa) — radiation
  • Turkish: elektromanyetik radyasyon — radiation
  • Ukrainian: електромагні́тне випромі́нювання (elektromahnítne vypromínjuvannja) — radiation
  • Urdu: برقناطیسی اشعاع — radiation
  • Uzbek: elektromagnit nurlanish — radiation
  • Vietnamese: bức xạ điện từ — radiation
  • Vietnamese: sóng điện từ — radiation
  • Welsh: pelydriad electromagnetig — radiation