electric field

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛktɹɪk ˌfild/, /iˈlɛktɹɪk ˌfild/

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Noun

electric field (plural electric fields)

1. (electricity, physics) A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see electric,‎ field.
   • 1925 June 13, “The Recent Rapid Development of Public Utility Enterprises in the United States”, in Arthur Richmond Marsh, editor, The Economic World, volume 29, number 24, Chronicle Publishing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 834, column 1:

     In the electric field, for instance, a unique situation obtains in that the central-station industry has never recorded a decrease in annual revenue.

Translations

region around a charged particle

• Albanian: fusha elektrike
• Amharic: ኤሌክትሪክ መስክ (ʾelektərik mäsk)
• Arabic: حقل كهربائي
• Armenian: էլեկտրական դաշտ (ēlektrakan dašt)
• Assamese: বৈদ্যুতিক ক্ষেত্ৰ (boiiddutik khetro)
• Asturian: campu llétricu m
• Azerbaijani: elektrik sahəsi
• Basque: eremu elektriko
• Belarusian: электрычнае поле n (eljektryčnaje pólje)
• Bengali: তড়িৎ ক্ষেত্র (toṛit khetro)
• Bulgarian: електрическо поле n (električesko pole)
• Catalan: camp elèctric m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電場 / 电场 (zh) (diànchǎng)

• Chuvash: электро уй (elektro uj)
• Czech: elektrické pole n
• Danish: elektrisk felt n
• Dutch: elektrisch veld (nl)
• Esperanto: elektra kampo
• Estonian: elektriväli
• Finnish: sähkökenttä (fi)
• French: champ électrique (fr) m
• Galician: campo eléctrico m
• Georgian: ელექტრული ველი (elekṭruli veli)
• German: elektrisches Feld n
• Greek: ηλεκτρικό πεδίο (ilektrikó pedío)
• Hebrew: שדה חשמלי (he)
• Hindi: विद्युत् क्षेत्र m (vidyut kṣetra)
• Hungarian: elektromos mező (hu)
• Icelandic: rafsvið n
• Indonesian: medan listrik (id)
• Irish: réimse leictreach
• Italian: campo elettrico (it) m
• Japanese: 電場 (ja) (denba)
• Kannada: ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ (vidyut kṣētra)
• Kazakh: электр өрісі (élektr örısı)
• Khmer: ដែនអគ្គីសនី (dênʼâkkisni)
• Korean: 전기장 (ko) (jeon'gijang)
• Latvian: elektriskais lauks
• Lithuanian: elektrinis laukas
• Macedonian: електрично поле n (električno pole)
• Malay: medan elektrik (ms)
• Malayalam: വൈദ്യുതക്ഷേത്രം (vaidyutakṣētraṁ)
• Marathi: विद्युत क्षेत्र (vidyut kṣetra)
• Mongolian: цахилгаан орон (caxilgaan oron)
• Norwegian: elektrisk felt (no)
• Odia: ବୈଦୁତିକ କ୍ଷେତ୍ର (baidutika kshetra)
• Persian: میدان الکتریکی (fa)
• Polish: pole elektryczne (pl) n
• Portuguese: campo elétrico m
• Punjabi: ਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰਿਕ ਫੀਲਡ (ilaikṭrik phīlaḍ)
• Romanian: câmp electric (ro) n
• Russian: электри́ческое по́ле (ru) n (elektríčeskoje póle)
• Serbo-Croatian: električno polje
• Slovak: elektrické pole n
• Slovene: električno polje n
• Spanish: campo eléctrico m
• Swedish: elektriskt fält (sv)
• Tagalog: elektrikong field
• Tamil: மின்புலம் (ta) (miṉpulam)
• Thai: สนามไฟฟ้า (sà-nǎam-fai-fáa)
• Turkish: elektrik alanı (tr)
• Ukrainian: електричне поле n (elektryčne pole)
• Urdu: برقی میدان
• Uzbek: elektr maydon
• Vietnamese: điện trường (vi)