Electrostatic Definition

ĭ-lĕktrō-stătĭk
adjective
Of or relating to electric charges at rest.
American Heritage
Produced or caused by such charges.
American Heritage
Designating or of a speaker in which electric force is applied to metal plates, causing a diaphragm suspended between them to vibrate.
Webster's New World
Of or having to do with electrostatics.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Electrostatic

  • electro- +‎ static

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Electrostatic Sentence Examples

  • In the Nalder ohmmeter the electrostatic principle is employed.

  • Voltmeters may be divided into two classes, (a) electrostatic, (b) electrokinetic.

  • This gives a convection current of 2.7 X108 electrostatic units, or about 1/27 of the conduction current.

  • Up to 1895 or 1896 the suggestions for wireless telegraphy which had been publicly announced or tried can thus be classified under three or four divisions, based respectively upon electrical conduction through the soil or sea, magnetic induction through space, combinations of the two foregoing, and lastly, electrostatic induction.

  • These operate by electrostatic induction and convert mechanical work into electrostatic energy by the aid of a small initial charge which is continually being replenished or reinforced.

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