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electric_charge

electric charge

English

Noun

electric charge ‎(plural electric charges)

(physics) the static electric energy of a charged body
(physics) the quantity of unbalanced positive or negative ions in or on an object; measured in coulombs
(physics) a quantum number of some subatomic particles which determines their electromagnetic interactions; by convention the electron has an electric charge of -1, the proton +1 and quarks have fractional charge

Translations

electric energy of a charged body

Finnish: sähkövaraus (fi)
French: charge électrique (fr) f
Greek: ηλεκτρικό φορτίο (el) n ‎(ilektrikó fortío)

Irish: lucht leictreach m
Maori: whana hiko
Romanian: sarcină electrică (ro) f

electromagnetic state

Catalan: càrrega (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電荷 (zh), 电荷 (zh) ‎(diànhè)
Czech: náboj (cs) m
Danish: ladning c
Dutch: lading (nl)
Esperanto: elektra ŝargo
Finnish: varaus (fi)
French: charge (fr) f, charge électrique (fr) f
German: Ladung (de) f
Greek: ηλεκτρικό φορτίο (el) n ‎(ilektrikó fortío)

Hungarian: elektromos töltés (hu)
Irish: lucht leictreach m
Italian: carica (it) f
Japanese: 電荷 (ja) ‎(でんか, denka)
Khmer: បន្ទុកអគ្គីសនី ‎(bɑntuk akkii sɑɑ nii)
Maori: whana hiko
Portuguese: carga elétrica f
Romanian: încărcare (ro) f, sarcină electrică (ro) f
Russian: заря́д (ru) m ‎(zarjád)
Slovene: električni naboj m
Spanish: carga eléctrica (es) f