electric field
English
Noun
electric field (plural electric fields)
- (electricity, physics) A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see electric, field.
- 1925 June 13, “The Recent Rapid Development of Public Utility Enterprises in the United States”, in Arthur Richmond Marsh, editor, The Economic World, volume 29, number 24, Chronicle Publishing Company, LCCN sn77020254, OCLC 8902923, page 834, column 1:
- In the electric field, for instance, a unique situation obtains in that the central-station industry has never recorded a decrease in annual revenue.
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Translations
region around a charged particle
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