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Definition of "electrostatic" []

  • Of or relating to electric charges at rest. (adjective)
  • Produced or caused by such charges. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to electrostatics. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "electrostatic" in a sentence
  • "This is Coulomb's Law, and the force is called the electrostatic force (between the two point charges) … oh, and this is just the magnitude (force, being a vector quantity, requires a direction as well as a magnitude, to be fully specified)."
  • "The best-selling air purifiers in the U.S. market are known as electrostatic precipitators."
  • "This phenomenon is called electrostatic induction or influence."