electric field

noun

: a region associated with a distribution of electric charge or a varying magnetic field in which forces due to that charge or field act upon other electric charges

Examples of electric field in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The hugely powerful electric fields inside these machines could also allow physicists to reproduce the conditions inside certain astrophysical phenomena. —The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025

The electric field is a way to describe interactions with electric charges (like electrons and protons), and the magnetic field describes what happens when those charges are moving (either in an atom or in an electric current). —Rhett Allain, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2025

Now Levin has shown that the cells do so by using subtle changes in electric fields as a type of memory. —Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024

The dielectric is meant to allow voltage at the gate to project an electric field into the channel but at the same time keep charge from leaking between the gate and the channel. —IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for electric field

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Kids Definition

electric field

noun

: a region associated with a distribution of electric charge or a varying magnetic field in which forces due to that charge or field act upon other electric charges

Medical Definition

electric field

noun

: a region associated with a distribution of electric charge or a varying magnetic field in which forces due to that charge or field act upon other electric charges