electric charge

electric charge
noun
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
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the battery needed a fresh charge

• Syn: ↑charge
• Derivationally related forms: ↑charge (for: ↑charge)
• Hypernyms: ↑electrical phenomenon

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noun
: a definite quantity of electricity, either negative or positive, usually regarded as a more or less localized population of electrons separated or considered separately from their corresponding protons or vice versa : the quantity of electricity held by a body and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

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Physics.
one of the basic properties of the elementary particles of matter giving rise to all electric and magnetic forces and interactions. The two kinds of charge are given negative and positive algebraic signs: measured in coulombs. Also called charge, electricity.

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electric charge,
an accumulation of electricity in a storage battery, condenser, fuel cell, or other device, which may again be discharged.

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