electrostatic force
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electrostatic forces
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The resulting electrostatic force produced torque in the opposite direction from the gravitational torque.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The opposing electrostatic force, generated by the charged particles in the salt solution, prevents them from sticking completely.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2025
Electrostatic forces keep the test masses in the same relative positions to each other, so any difference generated in this applied electrostatic force would have to be the result of deviations in the objects' accelerations.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022
The electrostatic force between two subatomic particles is far greater than the gravitational force between the same two particles.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Similarly he came to see an electrified body as a centre of a system of lines of electrostatic force.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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