POYNTING'S THEOREM


Meaning of POYNTING'S THEOREM in English

ˈpȯintiŋz- noun

Usage: usually capitalized P

Etymology: after John H. Poynting died 1914 English physicist, its originator

: a statement in electromagnetic theory: the transfer of energy by an electromagnetic wave is at right angles to both electric and magnetic components of the wave vibration and its rate is proportional to the vector product of their amplitudes

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.