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plural electric fields
(electricity, physics) A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity. examples
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see electric, field. quotations examples
In the electric field, for instance, a unique situation obtains in that the central-station industry has never recorded a decrease in annual revenue.
1925 June 13, “The Recent Rapid Development of Public Utility Enterprises in the United States”, in Arthur Richmond Marsh, editor, The Economic World, volume 29, number 24, Chronicle Publishing Company, page 834, column 1