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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Scientists need at least two spacecraft, each positioned in bespoke polar orbits and specially instrumented to measure magnetic fields, electric fields, electrons, and ions.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025
Pasteur’s work on molecules rested on a previous discovery by Augustin-Jean Fresnel, who in 1822 realized that different quartz prisms could send light’s electric field twirling in one of two directions—clockwise or counterclockwise.
—Zack Savitsky, Wired News, 22 June 2025
Meanwhile, biologists are exploring low-energy ways to coax real fungi to grow in neat rows, from steering nutrients toward one side of a petri dish to applying gentle electric fields that encourage filaments to align.
—Mohamed Khalil Elhachimi, The Conversation, 16 July 2025
To be clear, the formation of a strong electric field precedes lightning and no direct observations of electric fields within dust devils on Mars have been found thus far.
—Unnati Ashar, Space.com, 2 July 2025
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025
Pasteur’s work on molecules rested on a previous discovery by Augustin-Jean Fresnel, who in 1822 realized that different quartz prisms could send light’s electric field twirling in one of two directions—clockwise or counterclockwise.
—Zack Savitsky, Wired News, 22 June 2025
Meanwhile, biologists are exploring low-energy ways to coax real fungi to grow in neat rows, from steering nutrients toward one side of a petri dish to applying gentle electric fields that encourage filaments to align.
—Mohamed Khalil Elhachimi, The Conversation, 16 July 2025
To be clear, the formation of a strong electric field precedes lightning and no direct observations of electric fields within dust devils on Mars have been found thus far.
—Unnati Ashar, Space.com, 2 July 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 22 Aug. 2025.
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