ELECTROMAGNETIC UNIT

Pronunciation (US):

• ELECTROMAGNETIC UNIT (noun)
  The noun ELECTROMAGNETIC UNIT has 1 sense:

1. any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism

  Familiarity information: ELECTROMAGNETIC UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

• ELECTROMAGNETIC UNIT (noun)

Meaning:

Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

electromagnetic unit; emu

Hypernyms ("electromagnetic unit" is a kind of...):

unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electromagnetic unit"):

capacitance unit (a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge)

radioactivity unit (a measure of radioactivity)

power unit (a measure of electric power)

potential unit (a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground))

magnetomotive force unit (a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force)

light unit (a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation)

inductance unit (a measure of the property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it)

flux density unit (a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area)

field strength unit (an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity)

elastance unit (the reciprocal of capacitance)

current unit (a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time)

conductance unit (a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge)

charge unit; quantity unit (a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows))

resistance unit (the reciprocal of conductance)