"An electric field (sometimes E-field) is the physical field that surrounds electrically charged particles and exerts force on all other charged particles in the field, either attracting or repelling them."
A field around a charged particle that exerts a force on other charged particles placed in it.
Coulomb's law: The electric force between two charged particles is proportionate to the product of their charges and inversely proportionate to the square of the distance between them.
Electric field: A vector field that describes the influence of a charged object on any other charged object in the space surrounding it.
Electric potential: The electric potential at a given point in space is the amount of work required to bring a unit charge from infinity to that point.
Electric potential energy: The energy that a charged object possesses due to its position in an electric field.
Gauss's law: The electric flux through a closed surface is proportionate to the charge enclosed by the surface.
Electrostatic shielding: The use of a conducting material to reduce the electric field strength in a particular area.
Capacitance: The ability of a system of conductors and dielectrics to store electrical energy in an electric field.
Dielectric materials: Insulating materials that can be polarized by an electric field, thus increasing the capacitance of a system.
Conductors: Materials that easily allow electric charge to flow through them, allowing for the distribution of electric fields.
Insulators: Materials that do not allow electric charge to flow through them, preventing the distribution of electric fields.
Electrostatic Field: This is the electric field generated by a stationary electric charge. The strength and direction of this field are determined solely by the magnitude and direction of the charge.
Electromagnetic Field: This is the electric field and magnetic field coupled together that propagate through space as an electromagnetic wave. Electromagnetic fields can be generated by any time-varying electric and magnetic phenomena.
Conservative Electric Field: This is an electric field that works in a closed path, meaning that the work done on a charge to move it from one point to another in the field is independent of the path taken.
Non-conservative Electric Field: This is an electric field that operates along an open path, meaning that the work done on a charge to move it from one point to another depends on the path taken.
Uniform Electric Field: This is an electric field that has a constant magnitude and direction throughout the region of interest.
Non-uniform Electric Field: This is an electric field that has a varying magnitude and/or direction throughout the region of interest.
Radial Electric Field: This is an electric field that points radially outward or inward from a point charge, and its strength decreases with distance from the point charge.
Toroidal Electric Field: This is an electric field that circles around a toroidal object or component.
Resonant Electric Field: This is an electric field in a resonant cavity or waveguide system that produces standing waves, with a frequency that corresponds to the cavity or waveguide dimensions.
Multipole Electric Field: This is an electric field that has multiple poles and can be represented as a sum of simpler, monopole, dipole, etc. fields.
"Electric fields originate from electric charges and time-varying electric currents."
"Electric fields and magnetic fields are both manifestations of the electromagnetic field, one of the four fundamental interactions (also called forces) of nature."
"Electric fields are important in many areas of physics and are exploited in electrical technology."
"In atomic physics and chemistry, for instance, the interaction in the electric field between the atomic nucleus and electrons is the force that holds these particles together in atoms."
"The interaction in the electric field between atoms is the force responsible for chemical bonding that results in molecules."
"The electric field is defined as a vector field that associates to each point in space the electrostatic (Coulomb) force per unit of charge exerted on an infinitesimal positive test charge at rest at that point."
"The derived SI unit for the electric field is the volt per meter (V/m), which is equal to the newton per coulomb (N/C)."
"[Electric fields] exerts force on all other charged particles in the field, either attracting or repelling them."
"Electric fields originate from electric charges and time-varying electric currents."
"Electric fields and magnetic fields are both manifestations of the electromagnetic field."
"Electric fields are important in many areas of physics and are exploited in electrical technology."
"The interaction in the electric field between the atomic nucleus and electrons is the force that holds these particles together in atoms."
"The interaction in the electric field between atoms is the force responsible for chemical bonding that results in molecules."
"The electric field is defined as a vector field that associates to each point in space the electrostatic (Coulomb) force per unit of charge exerted on an infinitesimal positive test charge at rest at that point."
"The derived SI unit for the electric field is the volt per meter (V/m), which is equal to the newton per coulomb (N/C)."
"An electric field... exerts force on all other charged particles in the field, either attracting or repelling them."
"Electric fields are important in many areas of physics and are exploited in electrical technology."
"The interaction in the electric field between the atomic nucleus and electrons is the force that holds these particles together in atoms."
"The interaction in the electric field between atoms is the force responsible for chemical bonding that results in molecules."