electromagnetic interaction

Definitions of electromagnetic interaction
  1. noun
    an interaction between charged elementary particles that is intermediate in strength between the strong and weak interactions; mediated by photons
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    fundamental interaction, interaction
    (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
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