electric intensity

[ ih-lek-trik in-ten-si-tee ]

noun

, Physics.

1. the magnitude of an electric field at a point in the field, equal to the force that would be exerted on a small unit charge placed at the point.

Example Sentences

If they are not of a piece with the rest of the novel, that may be due to a common debut novel problem, where the sections written first, with electric intensity, are not fully integrated.

From Los Angeles Times

Down a hall, around seven subterranean Dodger Stadium turns, Scherzer, probable winner of the 2016 NL Cy Young award, has little of Kershaw’s physical presence but, instead, gives off an electric intensity.

From Washington Post

Behind her, at the table, Jutta watches Werner with electric intensity.

From Literature

“He felt his love flaring up for her: he remembered exactly how beautiful she looked when they first met years ago in San Francisco and saw how she appeared to the world now, the result of what their lives together had done to her, and the two versions of her, the young and the . . . well, she wasn’t old, exactly, weathered was maybe a better word, touched him with an electric intensity that made it hard for him to breathe. How he loved her!”

From Washington Post

US weather-adjusted electric intensity, for example, fell 3.4% in 2012 alone.

From New York Times