electric displacement

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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. Symbol: D

Origin of electric displacement

First recorded in 1880–85

Also called displacement.

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British Dictionary definitions for electric displacement

electric displacement

noun

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

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electric displacement

See electric flux density.

electric displacement

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electric displacement

electric displacement

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