Sentence examples for electromagnetic unit from inspiring English sources
noun
Any of the various units to measure electricity and magnetism in the CGS (now replaced by SI) system of units; abbreviated emu or EMU.
*For external magnetic field (Hex) = 0.5 oersted, the cgs electromagnetic unit of magnetic field intensity.
The centimetre gram second units of current are either the electrostatic unit of charge (esu) per second or the absolute electromagnetic unit (abamp).
In the centimetre gram second system there are two units of electric charge: the electrostatic unit of charge, esu, or statcoulomb; and the electromagnetic unit of charge, emu, or abcoulomb.
The system holds an infrared and an electromagnetic unit around a central tube and counts all the particles and only the metal particles, respectively.
(σs, saturation magnetization; emu, electromagnetic unit; Oe, Oersted).
This impasse was resolved by Giovanni Giorgi, who in 1901 proved that a coherent system that incorporated electromagnetic units had to have an electromagnetic unit as a fourth base unit.
François Piquemal tells the story of the ampere, which bridges mechanical and electromagnetic units.
The susceptibility of a diamagnetic substance is on the order of -10-6 electromagnetic units per cubic centimetre (emu/cm3).
Approximate "apparent susceptibilities" for rock types rock apparent magnetic susceptibility (electromagnetic units per cubic centimetre) iron ores over 0.1 basalt 10−2 andesite 10−3 dacite 10−4 metamorphic rocks 10−4 sedimentary rocks 10−5 Source: From T. Nagata, ed., Rock Magnetism, Maruzen Co., Tokyo (1961).
The electromagnetic units of measure were known as the abampere, the abvolt, the abcoulomb and so on.
In their first report (1862) they laid the ground rules for their work – the metric system was to be used, measures of electrical energy must have the same units as measures of mechanical energy and two sets of electromagnetic units would have to be derived – an electromagnetic system and an electrostatic system.
