Electricity - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition electricity

Definition :

a property of certain of the fundamental particles of which matter is composed called also electric charge and being of two types designated positive and negative the property of electric charge on a particle or physical body creates a force field which affects other particles or bodies possessing electric charge positive charges create a repulsive force between them and negative charges also create a repulsive force A positively charged body and a negatively charged body will create an attractive force between them The unit of electrical charge is the coulomb and the intensity of the force field at any point is measured in volts