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electromagnetic gauge symmetry comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
gauge symmetry	symmetry	Symmetry principle underlying the quantum-mechanical description of the three nongravitational forces; the symmetry involves the invariance of a physical system under various shifts in the values of force charges, shifts that can change from place to place and from moment to moment.
electromagnetic gauge symmetry	gauge symmetry	Gauge symmetry underlying quantum electrodynamics.

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