electric displacement

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

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Also called displacement.

Origin of electric displacement

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby electric displacement

electric circuit, electric constant, electric current, electric dipole moment, electric discharge, electric displacement, electric eel, electric eye, electric field, electric field intensity, electric field strength

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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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Scientific definitions for electric displacement

electric displacement

See electric flux density.