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What is electromagnetic radiation?

What is electromagnetic radiation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Radiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space.
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By analogy, the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a moving object also exhibits the Doppler effect.
Visible light is just a small part of a continuum of electromagnetic radiation that extends from radio waves to gamma rays.
Active ground-based remote sensing uses pulsed electromagnetic radiation sources such as lasers and radars to probe atmospheric structure.
Even though the electron is in constant motion, it does not emit electromagnetic radiation from a stationary state.
And if they did spiral in, electrons would emit electromagnetic radiation, including light, across a continuous range of frequencies.
Gamma radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation, just like radio waves and visible light, only much more energetic.

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