electric displacement
noun Electricity.
the part of the electric field that is determined solely by free charges, without reference to the dielectric properties of the surrounding medium: measured in coulombs per square meter. Symbol: D
Also called
displacement.
Origin of electric displacement
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby electric displacement
British Dictionary definitions for electric displacement
electric displacement
noun
physics
the electric flux density when an electric field exists in free space into which a dielectric is introduced
Symbol: D Also called: electric flux density
Scientific definitions for electric displacement
electric displacement
See electric flux density.