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

Device emits an electrical field that disrupts a sixth sense sharks possess, which detects electric fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Device emits an electrical field that disrupts a sixth sense sharks possess, which detects electric fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

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

"These liquid crystals… we can rotate them with an electrical field," explains Mr Eiden.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

They had fenced off the parallel faces of each dee with a grid of fine tungsten wires to prevent the electrical field from impinging within the dees while allowing the particle beam to pass through.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik