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electromagnetic wave

a wave propagated through space or matter by oscillating electric and magnetic fields: in a vacuum it travels at the speed of light

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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