Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun electromagnetism

2 senses of electromagnetism

Sense 1
electromagnetism -- (magnetism produced by an electric current; "electromagnetism was discovered when it was observed that a copper wire carrying an electric current can magnetize pieces of iron or steel near it")
       => magnetism, magnetic attraction, magnetic force -- (attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force)

Sense 2
electromagnetism, electromagnetics -- (the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena)
       => physics, natural philosophy -- (the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics")