the electric flux density when an electric field exists in free space into which a dielectric is introduced
Symbol: D. Also called: electric flux density
electric displacement in American English
noun
Electricity
the part of the electric field that is determined solely by free charges, without reference to the dielectric properties of the surrounding medium: measured in coulombs per square meter
Symbol: D. Also called: displacement
Word origin
[1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, interface, irredentist, pari-mutuel
Examples of 'electric displacement' in a sentence
electric displacement
The stresses and electric displacement intensity factors of the cracks are also calculated, as well as the force on dislocation.
Lian he Li, Yue Zhao 2019, 'Interaction of a Screw Dislocation with Interface and Wedge-Shaped Cracks in One-DimensionalHexagonal Piezoelectric Quasicrystals Bimaterial', Mathematical Problems in Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1037297. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)