electrodynamic

Moving charges interacting

Electrodynamic describes phenomena involving the interaction between electric currents and magnetic fields, or devices that operate on this principle: electrodynamic forces, electrodynamic speakers.

The term appears in physics and engineering contexts where moving charges create or respond to magnetic effects.

forces

torque

Rotational force measurement

levitation · propulsion · railgun · motor · generator · actuator · speaker · loudspeaker · maglev · particle

electromagnetic

Maxwell

Scottish-origin given name

flux · magnetic · polarization · wave · radiation · dipole · permeability · permittivity · susceptibility · covariance

circuits

current

Directed flow of charge

inductance · impedance · conductor · solenoid · transformer · rectifier · semiconductor · circuit · ampere · ohm

theory

quantum

Smallest discrete unit

classical · relativistic · covariant · photon · vacuum · propagation · retardation

Opposites
temporal behavior of fields

electrodynamicelectrostatic

Of stationary electrical charges

static · stationary · steady-state

field type

electrodynamicmechanical

Operated by machinery

gravitational · thermodynamic · hydrodynamic · acoustic

Family

electrodynamics

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