Meaning of electric charge in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

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  1. Noun

    electric charge

    Definitions

    1. the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

    Examples

    • « the battery needed a fresh charge »

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  • « Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge. »
    Carl D. Anderson

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