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electric field

Other forms: electric fields

Definitions of electric field
  1. noun
    a field of force surrounding a charged particle
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    types:
    electrostatic field
    electric field associated with static electric charges
    type of:
    field, field of force, force field
    the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
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