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electromagnetic unit
noun
- a unit, as an abampere, in the system of units derived from the magnetic effects of an electric current. : emu, EMU
electromagnetic unit
noun
- any unit that belongs to a system of electrical cgs units in which the magnetic constant is given the value of unity and is taken as a pure number AbbreviationEMUe.m.u. Compare electrostatic unit
electromagnetic unit
- Any of various units, such as the abampere and the stilb , used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units to describe electric and magnetic field strengths, electric current strengths, and other quantities associated with electromagnetism.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of electromagnetic unit1
Example Sentences
From this Thomson deduced a value for the ratio of the electromagnetic unit of electricity to the electrostatic unit, and indicated methods of determining this ratio experimentally.
On Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory the velocity of propagation of electromagnetic disturbances should equal the velocity of light, and also the ratio of the electromagnetic unit of electricity to the electrostatic unit.
It is the resistance of the circuit of slider, rails, and connecting wire, when with this electromagnetic unit of electromotive force the unit of current is made to flow.
The electromagnetic unit of current defined as above is 3 � 1010 times larger than the electrostatic unit.
In the above formula the current I is measured in absolute electromagnetic units.
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