Electricity and magnetism

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charging by induction
noun
method for charging an object using a charged object but without physical contact between them
conductor
noun
a substance, body or device that readily conducts heat, electricity, sound, etc.
coulomb's law
noun
contends force between two point charges acts in direction of line between them
dipole
noun
pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs
electric field
noun
force field surrounding charged particle within which another charged particle experiences force
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electric flux
noun
lines of force making up an electric field
electric potential difference
noun
variation between final and initial spots in electric field when work done changes potential energy
electrical potential energy
noun
stored energy linked to Coulomb forces within a defined system of point charges
electrically charged
noun
when the number of electrons or protons isn't equal in an atom
electroscope
noun
device for detecting the presence and determining the sign of electric charges
electrostatics
noun
branch of physics dealing with electric phenomena not associated with electricity in motion
equipotential lines
noun
trace lines of electric potential
equipotential surfaces
noun
surface on which electric potential has constant value
field line
noun
imaginary line indicating direction of field of force at various points in space
gauss law
noun
says electric flux of closed surface in electric field equals 4n times electric charge in surface
gaussian cylinder
noun
surface type used when there's an infinite long line or plane of uniform charge
gaussian surface
noun
closed surface in space through which flow of electromagnetic field is calculated
infinite sheet of charge
noun
composed of infinite number of rings and used to find electric field
insulator
noun
material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible
line of force
noun
imaginary line in force field indicating the orientation of the field at that point
negative charge
noun
atom having a surplus of electrons
permittivity of free space
noun
physical constant of ratio of displacement field and electric field in a vacuum
point charge
noun
electric charge considered to exist at a single point with neither area nor volume
positive charge
noun
atom having a deficiency of electrons
uniform field
noun
field with the same value at every point

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