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

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.