Meanings
- uncountableRadiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space.
As the public hears the name EMR Syndrome repeated in various applications related to health effects, it will begin to link EMR/electromagnetic radiation to those health effects. Over time the meaning of EMR will take hold and be understood for the environmental threat it is.
2025 March 7 (last accessed), “Archived copy”, in The Home-page for 'Electromagnetic Radiation Syndrome', archived from the original on 10 Mar 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
nounradiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans elektromagnetiese straling
- elektromagnetiese stralingradiation
Basque erradiazio elektromagnetikoa
- erradiazio elektromagnetikoaradiation
Bengali তড়িৎ-চৌম্বকীয় বিকিরণ
- তড়িৎ-চৌম্বকীয় বিকিরণ (toṛit-cōumbokiẏo bikiron)radiation
Bulgarian електромагнитно излъчване
- електромагнитно излъчване (elektromagnitno izlăčvane)radiation
Catalan radiació electromagnètica
- radiació electromagnèticaradiation
Chinese Mandarin 電磁輻射 /电磁辐射
- 電磁輻射 /电磁辐射 (diàncí fúshè)radiation
Czech elektromagnetické záření
- elektromagnetické zářeníradiation
Danish elektromagnetisk stråling
- elektromagnetisk strålingradiation
Dutch elektromagnetische straling
- elektromagnetische stralingradiation
Esperanto elektromagneta radiado
- elektromagneta radiadoradiation
Estonian elektromagnetiline kiirgus
- elektromagnetiline kiirgusradiation
Finnish sähkömagneettinen säteily
- sähkömagneettinen säteilyradiation
French rayonnement électromagnétique
- rayonnement électromagnétiqueradiation
German elektromagnetische Strahlung
- elektromagnetische Strahlungradiation
Greek ηλεκτρομαγνητική ακτινοβολία
- ηλεκτρομαγνητική ακτινοβολία (ilektromagnitikí aktinovolía)radiation
Hebrew קרינה אלקטרומגנטית
- קרינה אלקטרומגנטיתradiation
Hindi विद्युतचुंबकीय विकिरण
- विद्युतचुंबकीय विकिरण (vidyutcumbkīya vikiraṇ)radiation
Hungarian elektromágneses sugárzás
- elektromágneses sugárzásradiation
Icelandic rafsegulgeislun
- rafsegulgeislunradiation
Indonesian radiasi elektromagnetik
- radiasi elektromagnetikradiation
Irish astaíocht leictreamaighnéadach
- astaíocht leictreamaighnéadachradiation
Italian radiazione elettromagnetica
- radiazione elettromagneticaradiation
Japanese 電磁放射
- 電磁放射 (denjihōsha)radiation
Korean 전자기복사
- 전자기복사 (jeonjagiboksa)radiation
Latvian elektromagnētiskais starojums
- elektromagnētiskais starojumsradiation
Lithuanian elektromagnetinė spinduliuotė
- elektromagnetinė spinduliuotėradiation
Norwegian elektromagnetisk stråling
- elektromagnetisk strålingradiation
Persian تابش الکترومغناطیسی
- تابش الکترومغناطیسیradiation
Polish promieniowanie elektromagnetyczne
- promieniowanie elektromagnetyczneradiation
Portuguese radiação eletromagnética
- radiação eletromagnéticaradiation
Punjabi ਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰੋਮੈਗਨੈਟਿਕ ਰੇਡੀਏਸ਼ਨ
- ਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰੋਮੈਗਨੈਟਿਕ ਰੇਡੀਏਸ਼ਨ (ilaikṭromaignaiṭik reḍīēśan)radiation
Romanian radiație electromagnetică
- radiație electromagneticăradiation
Russian электромагнитное излучение
- электромагнитное излучение (el'ektromagnítnoje izlučénije)radiation
Slovak elektromagnetické žiarenie
- elektromagnetické žiarenieradiation
Spanish radiación electromagnética
- radiación electromagnéticaradiation
Swahili mnururisho sumakuumeme
- mnururisho sumakuumemeradiation
Swedish elektromagnetisk strålning
- elektromagnetisk strålningradiation
Tagalog radyasyong elektromagnetiko
- radyasyong elektromagnetikoradiation
Tamil மின்காந்தக் கதிர்வீச்சு
- மின்காந்தக் கதிர்வீச்சு (miṉkāntak katirvīccu)radiation
Thai รังสีแม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า
- รังสีแม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า (rang-sǐi-mɛ̂ɛ-lèk-fai-fáa)radiation
Turkish elektromanyetik radyasyon
- elektromanyetik radyasyonradiation
Ukrainian електромагні́тне випромі́нювання
- електромагні́тне випромі́нювання (elektromahnítne vypromínjuvannja)radiation
Urdu برقناطیسی اشعاع
- برقناطیسی اشعاعradiation
Vietnamese bức xạ điện từ, sóng điện từ
- bức xạ điện từradiation
- sóng điện từradiation
Welsh pelydriad electromagnetig
- pelydriad electromagnetigradiation
Cite this entry
electromagnetic radiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electromagnetic%20radiation
“electromagnetic radiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electromagnetic%20radiation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electromagnetic radiation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electromagnetic%20radiation.
Source: electromagnetic radiation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.