electromagnetic pulse

English

Alternative forms

• EMP (initialism)

Noun

electromagnetic pulse (plural electromagnetic pulses)

1. A short-duration burst of high-intensity electromagnetic radiation generated by a physical event, in particular by a large thermonuclear explosion in the atmosphere. The pulse causes a damaging surge of voltage within electrical and electronic systems.
2. Compton-recoil electrons and photoelectrons from photons scattered in the materials of a nuclear event causing electric and magnetic fields to couple with electrical and electronic systems to produce damaging current surges.

Synonyms

• EMP

 

Hyponyms

• high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP)
• nuclear magnetic pulse/nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NEMP)

 

Derived terms

• high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP)
• nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NEMP)

 

Translations

short-duration burst of high-intensity electromagnetic radiation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電磁脈衝／电磁脉冲 (zh) (diàncí màichōng)

• Finnish: sähkömagneettinen pulssi
• Georgian: ელექტრომაგნიტური იმპულსი (elekṭromagniṭuri imṗulsi)
• German: elektromagnetischer Impuls m, elektromagnetischer Puls m
• Indonesian: pulsa elektromagnetik
• Japanese: 電磁パルス (でんじパルス, denji parusu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gurpa elektromagnetîk f

• Malay: denyut elektromagnet
• Romanian: puls electromagnetic n
• Russian: электромагни́тный и́мпульс m (elektromagnítnyj ímpulʹs)
• Spanish: pulso electromagnético m
• Swedish: elektromagnetisk puls c
• Ukrainian: електромагні́тний і́мпульс m (elektromahnítnyj ímpulʹs)