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What does electric charge mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word electric charge? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (physics) The static electric energy of a charged body.
  2. (physics) The quantity of unbalanced positive or negative ions in or on an object; measured in coulombs.
  3. (physics) A quantum number of some subatomic particles which determines their electromagnetic interactions; by convention the electron has an electric charge of -1, the proton +1 and quarks have fractional charge.
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In short, they are similar to electric charge, isospin, and all the other internal quantum numbers of elementary particles.
The accumulation of excessive electric charge in dielectric insulation is extremely rare, but when it does occur, it is often catastrophic.
The boundaries between grains act like barriers to electric charge carriers, impeding the flow of current.
The farad, a measure of a device's capacity to store electric charge, probably doesn't do full justice to his contributions to science.
The film measures the compression force, which is seen in the form of the electric charge of opposite surfaces.
If the distribution of moving electric charge is not symmetric, the magnetic field will also be unsymmetric.

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