electrodynamics

English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ dynamics.

Noun

electrodynamics (uncountable)

1. (physics) The phenomena associated with moving electric charges, and their interaction with electric and magnetic fields; the study of these phenomena.
   • 2012 January, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 April 2013, page 86:

     Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.

Derived terms

• pyroelectrodynamics
• quantum electrodynamics

Translations

study of phenomena associated with moving electric charges

Finnish: sähködynamiikka (fi) German: Elektrodynamik (de) f Greek: ηλεκτροδυναμική (el) f (ilektrodynamikí) Hindi: वैद्युतगतिकी (vaidyutagtikī), विद्युतगतिकी (vidyutagtikī) Hungarian: elektrodinamika (hu) Italian: elettrodinamica (it) f Japanese: 電気力学 (ja) (denkirikigaku) Macedonian: електродина́мика f (elektrodinámika) Malay: elektrodinamik (ms), kaji gerak elektrik Manx: lectro-ghleashaghtys m Portuguese: eletrodinâmica f Russian: электродина́мика (ru) f (elektrodinámika) Swedish: elektrodynamik (sv) c Tagalog: dagitsigan

Further reading

• electrodynamics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia