Definition of "electric charge" [electric charge]

• The static electric energy of a charged body; the quantity of unbalanced positive or negative ions in or on an object; measured in coulombs (noun)
• A quantum number of some subatomic particles which determines their electromagnetic interactions; by convention the electron has an electric charge of -1, the proton +1 and quarks have fractional charge (noun)

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• ""Like light comes in packages called photons, and electric charge comes in multiples of the electron charge.""
• "For example, the strength of the electric charge allows both the strong (covalent) and the weak (noncovalent) chemical bonds necessary for proteins to work."