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
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Then a loud noise is heard, and the officer is seen holding a stun gun with the electric field pulsing toward the corner of the room.
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Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Fortunately for the players on both sides, Sporting Kansas City installed an electric field heating system at Children’s Mercy Park in 2019.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
The fluctuations in our planet's magnetic field during a geomagnetic storm create electric fields on the Earth's surface.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
This separation of the positive and negative charge makes Rydberg atoms especially sensitive to electric fields.
—Shalma Wegsman, Wired News, 25 May 2025
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Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Fortunately for the players on both sides, Sporting Kansas City installed an electric field heating system at Children’s Mercy Park in 2019.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
The fluctuations in our planet's magnetic field during a geomagnetic storm create electric fields on the Earth's surface.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
This separation of the positive and negative charge makes Rydberg atoms especially sensitive to electric fields.
—Shalma Wegsman, Wired News, 25 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for electric field
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“Electric field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20field. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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