IEVref: 121-11-61 ID: Language: en Status: Standard Term: electromagnetic field Synonym1: Synonym2: Synonym3: Symbol: Definition: field, determined by a set of four interrelated vector quantities, that characterizes, together with the electric current density and the volumic electric charge, the electric and magnetic conditions of a material medium or of a vacuum Note 1 to entry: The four interrelated vector quantities, which obey Maxwell’s equations, are by convention: the electric field strength E, the electric flux density D, the magnetic field strength H, the magnetic flux density B. Note 2 to entry: This definition of electromagnetic field is valid in so far as certain quantum aspects of electromagnetic phenomena can be neglected. Note 3 to entry: An electromagnetic field can include static components, i.e. an electrostatic field and a magnetostatic field, and time-varying components representing electromagnetic waves. Publication date: 2021-01 Source: Replaces: 121-11-61:1998-08 Internal notes: CO remarks: TC/SC remarks: VT remarks: Domain1: Domain2: Domain3: Domain4: Domain5: