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electric displacement

American

noun

Electricity.

the part of the electric field that is determined solely by free charges, without reference to the dielectric properties of the surrounding medium: measured in coulombs per square meter. D

electric displacement British

noun

Also called: electric flux density. D. physics the electric flux density when an electric field exists in free space into which a dielectric is introduced

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electric displacement Scientific

See electric flux density

Etymology

Origin of electric displacement

First recorded in 1880–85

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