charge density

American  

noun

Physics.

1. the measure of electrical charge per unit area of a surface or per unit volume of a body or medium.

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charge density British  

noun

1. the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface

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charge density Scientific  

1. The electric charge per unit area or per unit volume of a body or of a region of space.

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Physicists have studied charge density waves for decades.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

A charge density wave develops when electric charges such as electrons spontaneously organize into a repeating wave pattern.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

When the temperature drops further to -113 degrees Celsius, a second "subdominant" charge density wave appears at a right angle to the first.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

It also shows the charge density of the two electrons in each molecule, averaged over many snapshots.

From Nature ● Sep. 24, 2019

The proton radius is similar, except in this case we’re talking about the distribution of the charge density.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 19, 2013