Definition of electromagnetic pulse in US English:
electromagnetic pulse
noun
An intense pulse of electromagnetic radiation, especially one generated by a nuclear explosion and occurring high above the earth's surface.
Example sentencesExamples
Similarly, in a nuclear environment, electromagnetic pulses would wreak havoc on computers and networks that are not hardened.
They eventually traced the source of the failures to the electromagnetic pulse generated by the bombs themselves.
But the concern about electromagnetic pulses - either from nuclear attacks or, more likely, from ‘e-bombs’ - puts a different cast on things.
The electromagnetic pulse generated by the test led to power surges in electrical cables in Hawaii, blowing fuses, street lights, and circuit breakers.
The apocalypse of the technological age did not come, as some had feared, from fallout and electromagnetic pulses of a great nuclear war, but from a thought.
Definition of electromagnetic pulse in US English:
electromagnetic pulse
noun
An intense pulse of electromagnetic radiation, especially one generated by a nuclear explosion and occurring high above the earth's surface.
Example sentencesExamples
But the concern about electromagnetic pulses - either from nuclear attacks or, more likely, from ‘e-bombs’ - puts a different cast on things.
They eventually traced the source of the failures to the electromagnetic pulse generated by the bombs themselves.
The electromagnetic pulse generated by the test led to power surges in electrical cables in Hawaii, blowing fuses, street lights, and circuit breakers.
The apocalypse of the technological age did not come, as some had feared, from fallout and electromagnetic pulses of a great nuclear war, but from a thought.
Similarly, in a nuclear environment, electromagnetic pulses would wreak havoc on computers and networks that are not hardened.