Concept information
Preferred term
electromagnetic radiation
Definition(s)
- In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry electromagnetic radiant energy. It includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, (visible) light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays. All of these waves form part of the electromagnetic spectrum. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation)
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- bremsstrahlung
- Cherenkov radiation
- coherent light
- cosmic microwave background
- extremely low frequency
- extreme ultraviolet radiation
- incoherent light
- infrared radiation
- ionizing radiation
- line-of-sight propagation
- maser
- nonthermal radiation
- radio wave
- scattered light
- solar radiation
- stellar radiation
- thermal radiation
- transition radiation
- ultraviolet radiation
- visible radiation
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URI
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