electrostatic force

1. See Coulomb force

Example Sentences

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.

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Within this disk, a mix of gravity, aerodynamics and electrostatic force caused grains of dust to stick together, building larger and larger agglomerations—such as planetesimals, the kilometer-scale building blocks of planets—which ultimately formed the planets themselves within perhaps just a few million years.

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The goal is to send electrons close enough to atomic nuclei in a protein to feel an attractive electrostatic force.

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K.-S.C. assisted in electrostatic force microscopy.

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Researchers have shown that a wasp-sized, insect-inspired flying robot they debuted in 2013 can make use of the so-called electrostatic force to stick to surfaces.

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