electromagnetic interaction
- noun
- /ˌɛlɛktroʊmægˈnɛtɪk ˌɪntəˈrækʃən/
- Specialized
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interacción electromagnética
- The electromagnetic interactions inside nucleons and nuclei lead to an additional dependence of spin precession on the ? parameter, whose magnitude can be constrained to be less than 10^-5.
- weak and electromagnetic interaction
Examples
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It is well known, and has been experimentally shown, that the strong and electromagnetic interactions are unchanged when viewed in a mirror world, in which particle positions are reflected (r? to -r?).
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And that energy can be released through the electromagnetic interaction.
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That equality had important implications for the later unification of the weak and electromagnetic interactions.
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Electromagnetic interactions, which dominate electron scattering, strictly respect parity conservation.
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A student first learning about the charged leptons would reasonably expect that the heavier muon and tau would decay through the electromagnetic interaction:
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We would still call a particle a lepton if it were acted on only by the electromagnetic interaction—that is, if it avoided the weak force as well as the strong force.
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The electromagnetic interaction is responsible for the attraction between electrons and protons in an atom.
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Scientists study the electromagnetic interaction to better understand the forces that hold atoms together.
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In quantum physics, the electromagnetic interaction is mediated by photons, which are the force carriers.
Synonyms
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The science of how electricity and magnets affect each other
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'electromagnetic' specifies the type of 'interaction', so a learner who knows 'electromagnetic' (relating to electricity/magnetism) and 'interaction' (a mutual effect between things) can infer it refers to interactions caused by electromagnetic forces. While full technical details (e.g. mediated by photons) are specialized, the basic meaning is transparently derived from the constituents and is cross-linguistically regular.
Etymology
Electromagnetic interaction combines electric and magnetic with interaction to create a simple picture: it is the 'push or pull' between charged particles. Imagine two charges throwing tiny packets of light to nudge each other — that's why the phrase means the 'force that acts between electric charges'.