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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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How to use electrical field in a sentence

  • Nor was the effect of such great advances as those made by Edison limited to the electrical field.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions|Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin

  • We have a normal electrical field in all seasons, times and places.

    Makers of Electricity|Brother Potamian

  • The achievements of several other inventors in the electrical field have been only less noteworthy than his.

    The Age of Invention|Holland Thompson
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