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e·lec·tro·mag·net·ic
/ iˌlektrōmagˈnetik/
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adj.
of or relating to the interrelation of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
DERIVATIVES:
e·lec·tro·mag·net·i·cal·ly
/ -(ə)lē/ adv.
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ELECTROMAGNETS PROPEL HOVERING MAGLEV TRAINS.(LOCAL)(CURIOSITIES)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 8/7/2008; 549 words
; ...guide rail under the force of powerful electromagnets. "It's almost like being on an...would derail conventional trains. The electromagnets used in maglev technology have the...that travels initially on wheels, electromagnets on the train induce currents in electromagnets...
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Arizona Inventor Develops Electromagnet Propelled Wheeled Vehicle
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/24/2007; 514 words
; ...developeda wheeled vehicle which includes an electromagnet propulsion system. According to the...of electric power, and one or more electromagnet assemblies, each assembly comprising...first electromagnetic pole and a second electromagnet pole, where the first electromagnet...
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Publication No. WO/2009/106700 Published on Sept. 3, Assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEUR for Electromagnet Set, Electromagnet Palette, Valve Actuator (French Inventors)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/12/2009; 443 words
; ...France, have developed a set containing an electromagnet and an electromagnet palette, and valve actuator comprising such...The invention relates to a set containing an electromagnet and an electromagnet palette that can be magnetically...
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Electromagnets offered with high holding forces. (Special Section: Transformers, Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
Magazine article from: ECN-Electronic Component News; 12/1/2002; 517 words
; ...has expanded its range of standard electromagnets to offer holding forces as high as...s coil-potting design makes the electromagnets adaptable to either side or rear lead...W to 12.5 coil-windings, the electromagnets can be supplied in either miniature...
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Electromagnets.
Magazine article from: Guitar Player; 12/1/1997; ; 546 words
; ...a very young Eric playing with the Electromagnets in their original jazz-rock incarnation...trip back web worthwhile. When the Electromagnets' keyboard player left the band...To preview early EJ, check out the Electromagnets' web site at www.io. com/~park...
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German Inventors Develop Valve Actuating Electromagnet
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/9/2006; 453 words
; ...of Ulm, Germany, have developed an electromagnet for actuating a valve. According to...Office: "The invention relates to an electromagnet for actuating a valve. To this end, the electromagnet comprises an armature, which can be...
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South Korean Inventors Develop Electromagnet Actuation Valve
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/19/2008; 468 words
; ...developed a bi-stable ball valve for an electromagnet actuation. According to the abstract released...the plunger moves back and forth, a first electromagnet and a second electromagnet which are located around the first region...
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American Superconductor Signs Contract with DuPont to Manufacture First HTS Electromagnet Prototype for Industrial Processing Equipment.
Business Wire; 3/27/2000; 700+ words
; ...Temperature Superconductor (HTS) electromagnet to DuPont (NYSE:DD) for a prototype...the energy cost of operating the electromagnet by more than 90 percent compared with copper wire electromagnets. "In addition, the growing environmental...
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Electromagnets for micromotors. (Technology)
Magazine article from: Science News; 3/5/1994; 700+ words
; Electromagnets in the form of coils of copper wire wound around iron cores have long...the copper layer turns this microscopic sandwich into a miniature electromagnet. This procedure improves on previous fabrication techniques, in...
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Electromagnet to be used in salvage after bridge collapse in S. China
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/17/2007; 431 words
; Electromagnet to be used in salvage after bridge collapse in S. China NANHAI, Guangdong, June 17 (Xinhua) -- A seven-ton electromagnet is to be used to salvage the missing people and vehicles after a bridge collapsed in south China's Guangdong...
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electromagnet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the soft iron in the core of an electromagnet retains little of the magnetism...magnet in many applications. Electromagnets are used to lift large masses...systems often use a special kind of electromagnet whose coil is made of a superconducting...
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Henry, Joseph (1797-1878)
Book article from: American Eras
...that the iron core of the electromagnet, when moved in and out...of the wire coils of an electromagnet affected its strength and...arrangements, he created two electromagnets, which he called a quantity...polarity as that end of the electromagnet; since magnets of the same...
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Magnetic Recording/Audiocassette
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...material, such as iron oxide. An electromagnet aligns individual magnetic particles...Institution in Washington, DC, made an electromagnet that was powerful enough to support...called recording head, which is a small electromagnet. There must be a narrow gap in this...
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Magnetism
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...exist: natural magnets and electromagnets. Magnetite and lodestone are...second kind of magnet is an electromagnet. The magnetic field of an electromagnet...current. The most powerful electromagnets known are made of superconducting...
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Magnetic Levitation
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...produced by magnetic fields obtained from electromagnets. For example, imagine that a metal...repulsive forces set up between copper electromagnets suspended above an aluminum track...produced only by means of very powerful electromagnets. The weight of such magnets and the...
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