electrostatic
Origin of electrostatic
1Other words from electrostatic
- e·lec·tro·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby electrostatic
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use electrostatic in a sentence
Masks that use electrostatic charges to filter particles, like N95s and polypropylene surgical masks, become less effective when too many particles accumulate and interfere with the charges, Lu says.
Why you shouldn’t ever wear your mask around your neck | Erin Fennessy | February 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt’s somewhat akin to when we touch an object and feel the occasional static shock—electrostatic energy builds up, and when it sees a place to go, it makes the jump.
Rare ‘blue jet’ lightning spotted and photographed from space | Erin Fennessy | January 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhen embedded in a spacesuit or the surface of equipment, these electrodes generate electrostatic forces.
This high-tech sweeper is designed for super-clingy moon dust | Jack J. Lee | October 13, 2020 | Science News For StudentsAfter passing through that first layer, air travels through Blueair’s dual mechanical and electrostatic filtration system that charges the particles in the air so they stick better to the filter.
Home and office products that make sure-fire gifts | PopSci Commerce Team | October 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceAs anyone who’s ever pulled apart a dryer load of workout clothes knows, polyester-based performance fabrics have plenty of electrostatic charge.
What You Need to Know About Wearing a Face Mask Outside | Joe Lindsey | September 30, 2020 | Outside Online
“I think the most likely mechanism for providing the spark is electrostatic,” Stansfield said.
Did Static Electricity Spark the Hindenburg Explosion? | Justin Green | March 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe get some gravity, some magnetic, and some electrostatic field distortion, too.
Islands of Space | John W CampbellSeriously, though, I didn't think the electrostatic curvature would be so slow to adjust.
Islands of Space | John W CampbellThe attraction of light particles to a charged body is explained by electrostatic induction.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Variouselectrostatic effects, however, differ greatly from those of tides.
Climatic Changes | Ellsworth HuntingtonMagnetic and gravitational and electrostatic fields rotate polarized light or bend light or do this or that as the case may be.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
British Dictionary definitions for electrostatic
/ (ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈstætɪk) /
of, concerned with, producing, or caused by static electricity
concerned with electrostatics
Derived forms of electrostatic
- electrostatically, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for electrostatic
[ ĭ-lĕk′trō-stăt′ĭk ]
Relating to or caused by electric charges that are not in motion. Compare electrodynamic.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse