electric intensity

[ ih-lek-trik in-ten-si-tee ]

noun

, Physics.

1. the magnitude of an electric field at a point in the field, equal to the force that would be exerted on a small unit charge placed at the point.

Example Sentences

The value of the electric intensity depended upon the sharpness of the point.

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She turned to him, and suddenly their eyes met and held in a momentary, electric intensity that left him warm and agitated.

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The latter phrase was subsequently replaced by intensity, but electric intensity is now used in another sense.

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