Electromagnetism

/ɪˌlɛktrəˈmæɡnətɪzəm/ noun

The science of how electricity and magnetism are connected and how they create forces that affect moving charged particles and metals.

Combination of 'electricity' (Greek 'elektron', amber) and 'magnetism' (from Magnesia, an ancient region). Unified as a single force by Maxwell in the 1860s.

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