electrodynamics

[ ih-lek-troh-dahy-nam-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the branch of physics that deals with the interactions of electric, magnetic, and mechanical phenomena.

electrodynamics

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊdaɪˈnæmɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the branch of physics concerned with the interactions between electrical and mechanical forces

electrodynamics

/ ĭ-lĕk′trō-dī-năm′ĭks /

1. The scientific study of electric charge and electric and magnetic fields, along with the forces and motions those fields induce.
2. See also electromagnetism

Word History and Origins

Origin of electrodynamics¹

First recorded in 1820–30; electro- + dynamics

Example Sentences

More than 20 years ago, Konstantin N. Rozanov of the Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics in Moscow, Russia, figured out the most light over a range of wavelengths that a device of a certain thickness could absorb if one side was lined with metal.

From Science Daily

During a talk at a conference, Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who devised much of quantum electrodynamics, “without much difficulty shot me to pieces, which I deserved,” he said.

From New York Times

In the Caltech interview, he recalled a paper in which he suggested that gravity could solve some troubling infinities that were showing up in the quantum field theory of electrodynamics.

From New York Times

Mead called the result “collective electrodynamics” and used that term as the title of a “little green book” on the topic that he published in 2001.

From Los Angeles Times

This caused a lot of trouble when the theory of quantum electrodynamics first came out.

From Literature