electrical field

Cultural  

1. A quantity proportional to the force that would be exerted on an electrical charge if it were located at a given point. Electrical fields are usually associated with the presence of other electrical charges.

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Example Sentences

There are rules around the type of cloud, lightning and electrical field, weather and temperature around Cape Canaveral that need to be cleared before the weather officer gives a 'go for launch'

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

We describe nail polish formulations that achieve sufficient conductivity to disrupt the stored electrical field in capacitive touchscreens and register as touch events.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

To get a sense of what this animal attraction might mean for a potential tick host in nature, Dr. England designed a computer model of the electrical field around a cow.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Over time, this separation generates an electrical field between the cloud’s positively charged top and negatively charged bottom.

From Scientific American • Aug. 2, 2022

Lawrence had decreed that the electrical field that delivered the sequential jolts to the spiraling protons should be present only in the gap between the two dees.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik