What is an electric field?

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a region around a charged particle or object within which a force would be exerted on other charged particles or objects.
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An electric field is a vector field that associates to each point in space the Coulomb force experienced by a unit electric charge. Electric fields converge and diverge at electric charges and they can be induced by time-varying magnetic fields.
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Force experienced by a unit positive charge placed at that point.
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An area is said to experience electric field if there is a flow of electrons from the position terminal to the negative!
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Electric field is a region around a charged particle or object within which a force would be exerted on other charged particles or objects.
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Electric field is defined as the electric force per unit charge. The direction of the field is taken to be the direction of the force it would exert on a positive test charge. The electric field is radially outward from a positive charge and radially in toward a negative point charge.
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Electric field is defined as the electric force per unit charge. The direction of the field is taken to be the direction of the force it would exert on a positive test charge. The electric field is radially outward from a positive charge and radially in toward a negative point charge.
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