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Definition of Electromagnetic unit
1. Noun. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
Generic synonyms: Unit, Unit Of Measurement
Specialized synonyms: Capacitance Unit, Charge Unit, Quantity Unit, Conductance Unit, Current Unit, Elastance Unit, Field Strength Unit, Flux Density Unit, Inductance Unit, Light Unit, Magnetomotive Force Unit, Potential Unit, Power Unit, Radioactivity Unit, Resistance Unit
Definition of Electromagnetic unit
1. Noun. Any of the various units to measure electricity and magnetism in the CGS (now replaced by SI) system of units; abbreviated emu or EMU. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Electromagnetic unit
1. The unit in an absolute system (CGS) of unit's utilizing the magnetic effects of current; e.g., abampere, abfarad, abhenry, abohm, abvolt. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electromagnetic Unit
Literary usage of Electromagnetic unit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism by James Hopwood Jeans (1908)
"We accordingly take the strength of this current to be unity in electromagnetic
measure, and so obtain an electromagnetic unit of electric current. ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In the selection of a practical unit of current it was considered that the
electromagnetic unit was too large for most purposes, whilst the electrostatic ..."
3. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1907)
"The real electromagnetic unit of quantity is about 3 x 1010 as great as the ...
But the electromagnetic unit actually in use — the coulomb — is only ..."
4. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"RATIO OF THE ELECTROSTATIC TO THE electromagnetic unit OF ELECTRICITY = F.
The last of the above determinations is the result of an extended series of ..."
5. A Text Book of the Principles of Physics by Alfred Daniell (1885)
"... of I = 60000,000000 is a current of i = 2 ; for the CGS electromagnetic unit
of intensity is 30000,000000 times as great as the CGS electrostatic unit. ..."
6. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism by Henry William Watson, Samuel Hawsley Burbury (1889)
"Of the electromagnetic unit of Electricity. 363. ... It is called the electromagnetic
unit, or the unit in electromagnetic measure. ..."
7. Elementary Treatise on Physics, Experimental and Applied by Adolphe Ganot (1893)
"Relation of the electrostatic to the electromagnetic unit. ... Hence it would
thus be found that in round numbers the electromagnetic unit of quantity is ..."
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