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electromagnetic_radiation

electromagnetic radiation

English

Noun

electromagnetic radiation ‎(uncountable)

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

Related terms

electromagnetic pulse

Translations

radiation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 電磁輻射, 电磁辐射 ‎(diàncí fúshè)
Czech: elektromagnetické záření n
Finnish: sähkömagneettinen säteily (fi)
German: elektromagnetische Strahlung (de) f
Greek: ηλεκτρομαγνητική ακτινοβολία f ‎(ilektromagnitikí aktinovolía)
Hungarian: elektromágneses sugárzás (hu)
Italian: radiazione elettromagnetica f

Japanese: 電磁放射 ‎(でんじほうしゃ, denjihōsha)
Norwegian: elektromagnetisk stråling c
Portuguese: radiação eletromagnética f
Romanian: radiație electromagnetică f
Russian: электромагнитное излучение (el'ektromagnítnoje izlučénije) n
Swedish: elektromagnetisk strålning (sv) c
Turkish: elektromanyetik radyasyon
Welsh: pelydriad electromagnetig (cy)