Meanings
- uncountablePhysical field that surrounds electrically charged particles and exerts force on all other charged particles in the field.
- uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see electrical, field.
Philip Dodd is among the best known men in the electrical field.
1913 September, “Personals.”, in Electrical Engineering, volume 45, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 418, column 21 more example
True there is, in many cases, something to boast about, but the way in which many of our otherwise estimable contemporaries in the electrical field talk about themselves, their energy, progress, and enterprise, makes us smile, sadly smile, to see such excellent, well-conducted journals depart so far from the paths of modesty.
1889 March 15, The Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review, volume 24, number 590, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 291, column 2Synonyms: electric field
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see electrical, field.
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