Definition of "electric field" []

• A region of space characterized by the existence of a force generated by electric charge. (noun)

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• ""Between the memory-skeletons and the organic electric field oscillators we should bring back more than enough to keep the Senate budget watchdogs happy.""
• "Salty seawater, a good conductor of electricity, generates an electric field as it moves through Earth's geomagnetic field."