electromagnetic interaction

noun

1. physics an interaction between charged particles arising from their electric and magnetic fields; its strength is about 100 times weaker than the strong interaction See interaction electroweak interaction

Example Sentences

Instead of an electromagnetic interaction, neutrinos interact via a different force called the weak force.

From Scientific American

For this reason, the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 involved decays only to vector bosons: photons from the electromagnetic interaction and weak vector bosons from the weak interaction.

From Nature

The crux of Atiyah’s proof depends on a quantity in physics called the fine structure constant, which describes the strength and nature of electromagnetic interaction between charged particles.

From Science Magazine

“The ‘thrust’ is not coming from the EmDrive, but from some electromagnetic interaction,” the team reports in a proceeding for a recent conference on space propulsion.

From National Geographic

Quarks are bound by the strong interaction into protons and neutrons; protons and neutrons bind together into nuclei; electrons bind to nuclei by electromagnetic interaction to form atoms, molecules, and matter.

From Science Magazine