Electrostatic force

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Coulomb force, the attraction or repulsion between particles based on their electric charge.

    "Relation between electrostatic force and variation of electric potential.—§ 7, otherwise stated, is equivalent to this:—the average component electrostatic force in the straight line of air between two points in the neighborhood of an electrified body is equal to their difference of potentials divided by their distance."

Synonyms

All synonyms
coulomb forceelectric forceelectrostatic interactionelectrostatic pullpullstatic attraction

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"Relation between electrostatic force and variation of electric potential.—§ 7, otherwise stated, is equivalent to this:—the average component electrostatic force in the straight line of air between two points in the neighborhood of an electrified body is equal to their difference of potentials divided by their distance."

Etymology

From electrostatic + force.

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