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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In the same way that rubbing a balloon on a jumper picks up fluff, The Tyre Collective’s device, which is powered by the car’s alternator, uses a copper plate to create an electric field that attracts the tire dust. 
Rebecca Cairns; Video By Dan Tham, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022 When the electrons reach the top, they are pulled out of the liquid by a stronger electric field and into a layer of gas on top of the liquid. Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2022 By firing a specialized organ in its tail, a knifefish creates an electric field that surrounds it like an aura. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 The ballooning Erigone spider uses thin threads of spider silk to catch electric field currents and air currents. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2022 The ship was filled with 19 months of research, detailing an accurate geomagnetic mapping of the world created from cutting-edge oceanographic data and some of the first worldwide information about the Earth’s negative electric field. Kimberly Bowker, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022 The increase in temperature allows the molecules in the material to rotate into a polarized state, due to their interaction with the electric field. Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022 The common orientation of the atoms (caused by the applied magnetic field) causes the orientation of the light’s electric field to rotate. Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2022 The other method is to heat up a material in an electric field. Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022 See More
Rebecca Cairns; Video By Dan Tham, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022 When the electrons reach the top, they are pulled out of the liquid by a stronger electric field and into a layer of gas on top of the liquid. Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2022 By firing a specialized organ in its tail, a knifefish creates an electric field that surrounds it like an aura. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 The ballooning Erigone spider uses thin threads of spider silk to catch electric field currents and air currents. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2022 The ship was filled with 19 months of research, detailing an accurate geomagnetic mapping of the world created from cutting-edge oceanographic data and some of the first worldwide information about the Earth’s negative electric field. Kimberly Bowker, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022 The increase in temperature allows the molecules in the material to rotate into a polarized state, due to their interaction with the electric field. Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022 The common orientation of the atoms (caused by the applied magnetic field) causes the orientation of the light’s electric field to rotate. Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2022 The other method is to heat up a material in an electric field. Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1879, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
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