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free charge

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noun

any electric charge that can be placed on a conductor or on or within a dielectric or that moves freely in space (polarization charge ).

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The UV radiation creates free charge carriers in the particles, which induce decomposition of the trapped pollutants from air into small parts and their release.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

"I remembered as I saw these people making their own free charge for democracy and freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr, saying: 'Free at last, free at last'," Schulke wrote.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2019

Parking lots like this one offer a free charge, and new charging stations are being built on the nation’s highways.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2017

The free charge has been brought to the conductor's surface, leaving electrostatic forces in equilibrium.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The terms free charge and dissimulated electricity convey therefore erroneous notions if they are meant to imply any difference as to the mode or kind of action.

From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael

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