free charge

American  

noun

1. any electric charge that can be placed on a conductor or on or within a dielectric or that moves freely in space (polarization charge ).

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Example Sentences

The UV radiation creates free charge carriers in the particles, which induce decomposition of the trapped pollutants from air into small parts and their release.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

"I remembered as I saw these people making their own free charge for democracy and freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr, saying: 'Free at last, free at last'," Schulke wrote.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2019

“A free charge could end up draining your bank account,” Luke Sisak, a deputy district attorney, said in a video posted online this month.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2019

Thus, when a free charge is forced into a wire, as in Figure 20.5, the incoming charge pushes other charges ahead of it, which in turn push on charges farther down the line.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

A free charge will flow away to the earth if a conducting path be provided.

From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah