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ELECTRIC FIELD VECTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Radio Waves
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

the force or a stationary positive charge ... may be measured either in newtons per coulomb or in volts per meter.

OBS

This term is sometimes called the electric field intensity, but such use of the word intensity is deprecated since intensity connotes power in optics and radiation.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by the IEEE.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Infographie
DEF

Composante électrique d'une radiation électromagnétique, vibrant perpendiculairement au vecteur champ magnétique.

Spanish

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