surface density

noun

, Physics.

1. quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.

Example Sentences

In the next place apply the surface characteristic equation to any point on a charged conductor at which the surface density is σ.

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The surface-density is thus inversely as the cube of the distance PE.

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The sharper the curvature is, the greater the surface density will be.

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