electrokinetics

American  

[ih-lek-troh-ki-net-iks, -kahy-] / ɪˌlɛk troʊ kɪˈnɛt ɪks, -kaɪ- /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the branch of physics that deals with electricity in motion.

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electrokinetics British  

/ -kaɪ-, ɪˌlɛktrəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with the motion of charged particles

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Other Word Forms

• electrokinetic adjective

Etymology

Origin of electrokinetics

First recorded in 1880–85; electro- + kinetics

Example Sentences

The two great branches of electrical theory which concern the phenomena of electricity at rest, or “frictional” or “static” electricity, and of electricity in motion, or electric currents, are treated in two separate articles, Electrostatics and Electrokinetics.

From Project Gutenberg

Our belief, however, in its universality and accuracy rests upon the close agreement between deductions made from it and observational results, and although it is not derivable from any more fundamental principle, it is yet one of the most certainly ascertained laws of electrokinetics.

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Action of one Current on Another.—The investigations of Amp�re in connexion with electric currents are of fundamental importance in electrokinetics.

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This law, together with that of Laplace already mentioned, viz. that the magnetic force due to an element of length dS of a current I at a distance r, the element making an angle θ with the radius vector o is IdS sin θ/r�, constitute the fundamental laws of electrokinetics.

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