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electromagnetic field

noun

Medical Definition of ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

:  a field (as around a working computer or a transmitting high-voltage power line) that is made up of associated electric and magnetic components, that results from the motion of an electric charge, and that possesses a definite amount of electromagnetic energy <the purported effects of electromagnetic fields on human health>

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