ELECTRIC FIELD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric field mean? 

• ELECTRIC FIELD (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC FIELD has 1 sense:

1. a field of force surrounding a charged particle

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC FIELD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIC FIELD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A field of force surrounding a charged particle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("electric field" is a kind of...):

field; field of force; force field (the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric field"):

electrostatic field (electric field associated with static electric charges)

 Context examples 

The pH at which a molecule in solution has no net charge and does not migrate in an electric field.

(Isoelectric Point, NCI Thesaurus)

A transistor designed so that current through it is controlled by a variable electric field.

(Field Effect Transistor Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

This change can be achieved by applying a magnetic field, an electric field or through mechanic force.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)

The measurement of electric fields in the brain provides information about the localization of brain activity which is complementary to that provided by electroencephalography.

(Magnetoencephalography, NCI Thesaurus)

An instrument that determines the exact mass of charged particles or ions by measuring the flight path through a set of magnetic and electric fields.

(Mass Spectrometer, NCI Thesaurus)

An instrument that uses electric fields to propel charged particles to high speeds and energies.

(Particle Accelerator, NCI Thesaurus)

In the presence of a high electric field, peptide ions are accelerated down an evacuated flight tube.

(Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)

The new models reveal that the magnetic field can create a strong electric field when the solar wind attempts to flow through.

(NASA Research Gives New Insights into How the Moon Got 'Inked', NASA)

But now scientists have developed an electrospinning device with a smaller electric field that could safely deposit bandages onto skin, the study states.

(Scientists Develop Spray Gun to Paint Bandages onto Wounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The pulsar's strong magnetic fields generate powerful electric fields that accelerate charged particles near the surface to incredible speeds approaching that of light.

(Pulse of a Dead Star Powers Intense Gamma Rays, NASA)