free charge

American  

noun

1. any electric charge that can be placed on a conductor or on or within a dielectric or that moves freely in space (polarization charge ).

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Example Sentences

The UV radiation creates free charge carriers in the particles, which induce decomposition of the trapped pollutants from air into small parts and their release.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

"I remembered as I saw these people making their own free charge for democracy and freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr, saying: 'Free at last, free at last'," Schulke wrote.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2019

Parking lots like this one offer a free charge, and new charging stations are being built on the nation’s highways.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2017

The free charge has been brought to the conductor's surface, leaving electrostatic forces in equilibrium.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

A free charge will flow away to the earth if a conducting path be provided.

From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah