electromagnetic induction
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electromagnetic induction (countable and uncountable, plural electromagnetic inductions)
The production of an electrical potential difference in a conductor situated in a changing magnetic flux.
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Albeit compatible with Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic induction of electric fields could not be demonstrated in vacuum, because all methods of detecting electric fields required electrically charged matter.
Almost all commercial electrical generation is done using electromagnetic induction, in which mechanical energy forces a generator to rotate.
In 1831, Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction when he found that a changing magnetic field generates an encircling electric field.
The U.S. M-1950 military lensatic compass does not use a liquid-filled capsule as a damping mechanism, but rather electromagnetic induction to control oscillation of it magnetized card.
They have two causes: electromagnetic induction by the time-varying, external-origin geomagnetic field and motion of conducting bodies (such as seawater) across the Earth's permanent magnetic field.
Electrostatic and electromagnetic Both electrostatic and electromagnetic induction were used to develop wireless telegraph systems that saw limited commercial application.