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• Electric charge [r]: A positive or negative property of matter that occurs as integral multiples of an elementary charge unit, and causes mutual repulsion of like-charged particles and mutual attraction of oppositely charged particles. ^[e]

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• Clausius-Mossotti relation [r]: connects the relative permittivity ε_r of a dielectric to the polarizability α of the atoms or molecules constituting the dielectric. ^[e]
• Coulomb's law [r]: An inverse-square distance law, like Newton's gravitational law, describing the forces acting between electric point charges; also valid for the force between magnetic poles. ^[e]
• Dielectric [r]: an insulating, but polarizable, material that can be solid, liquid or gas; its important characterizing property is the relative permittivity (aka dielectric constant). ^[e]
• Displacement current [r]: Time derivative of the electric displacement D; Maxwell's correction to Ampère's law. ^[e]
• Divergence [r]: A first order differential vector operator acting on a vector field resulting in a scalar function. ^[e]
• Dyne [r]: Force in cgs system; symbol: dyn; 1 dyn = 10⁻⁵ N. ^[e]
• Electric constant [r]: A physical constant in the International System of Units (SI) relating capacitance to area in classical vacuum with an exact value ε₀ = 10⁷/(4πc₀²) F/m, c₀ being the defined value for the speed of light in classical vacuum in the SI units. ^[e]
• Electricity [r]: The flow or presence of electric charge; the flow of electricity is an important carrier of energy. ^[e]
• Electromagnetic wave [r]: A change, periodic in space and time, of an electric field E(r,t) and a magnetic field B(r,t); a stream of electromagnetic waves, referred to as electromagnetic radiation, can be seen as a stream of massless elementary particles, named photons. ^[e]
• Force [r]: Vector quantity that tends to produce an acceleration of a body in the direction of its application. ^[e]
• Gauss' law (electrostatics) [r]: Relates the surface integral of the electric displacement through a closed surface to the electric charge enveloped by the closed surface. ^[e]
• Gaussian units [r]: A centimeter-gram-second system of units often used in electrodynamics and special relativity. ^[e]
• Geophysical MASINT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Helmholtz decomposition [r]: Decomposition of a vector field in a transverse (divergence-free) and a longitudinal (curl-free) component. ^[e]
• International System of Units [r]: Metric unit system based on the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole and candela. ^[e]
• Lightning [r]: Atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. ^[e]
• Lorentz force [r]: Force on an electrically charged particle that moves through a magnetic and an electric field. ^[e]
• Magnetic field [r]: Vector field H caused by permanent magnets, conduction currents, and displacement currents. ^[e]
• Maxwell equations [r]: Mathematical equations describing the interrelationship between electric and magnetic fields; dependence of the fields on electric charge- and current- densities. ^[e]
• Molecular Hamiltonian [r]: Quantum mechanical operator describing the energy associated with motions and interactions of the electrons and nuclei that constitute a molecule. ^[e]
• Ohm's Law [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Polarizability [r]: The ease by which a charge-distribution polarizes; describes the amount of charge separation caused by an electric field. ^[e]
• Relative permittivity [r]: A factor describing the polarizability of a material or medium as a proportionality between an electric displacement and an electric field in a dielectric. ^[e]
• Rotating wave approximation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Speed of light [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Stark effect [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Statcoulomb [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Statvolt [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vector field [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Volt [r]: Add brief definition or description