electrostatic
Americanadjective
adjective
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of, concerned with, producing, or caused by static electricity
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concerned with electrostatics
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Etymology
Origin of electrostatic
Vocabulary lists containing electrostatic
Electricity and Magnetism - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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Electrostatic capacitors play a crucial role in modern electronics.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024
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
Electrostatic machines can separate the various types of plastic in the mix.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2019
Electrostatic forces would build pebble-size clumps, similar to how dust bunnies form under a couch.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2018
Electrostatic Safety Device.—Apparatus for grounding a circuit of too high potential.—1 illustration.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
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