Definition of electrostatic in English:
electrostatic
adjective ɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈstatɪkəˌlɛktroʊˈstædɪk
Physics Relating to stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
Example sentencesExamples
- Electrostatic speakers are the just about the lowest distortion drivers that can be made.
- The demonstration device shown above is an "electrostatic linear motor", that I built in January 2002.
Derivatives
adverb
Physics In addition, the highly acidic amino acid residues repel the negatively charged DNA phosphate backbone electrostatically.
Example sentencesExamples
- The net positive charge of the transit sequence probably allows it to approach the negatively charged chloroplast envelope electrostatically.
- Along the entire trajectory, ion movements occur in an electrostatically self-consistent manner, and even interactions with buried charged histidines produce the expected nonlinearity of the current-to-voltage curve.
- This electrostatically induced enrichment is partially balanced by entropy effects that favor homogeneous lipid distribution.
- We hypothesize that the reductions in mechanical stability are due to electrostatic interactions and demonstrate that the destabilization scales with an electrostatically induced tension.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from electro- + static, on the pattern of hydrostatic.
Definition of electrostatic in US English:
electrostatic
adjectiveəˌlɛktroʊˈstædɪkəˌlektrōˈstadik
Physics Relating to stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
Example sentencesExamples
- Electrostatic speakers are the just about the lowest distortion drivers that can be made.
- The demonstration device shown above is an "electrostatic linear motor", that I built in January 2002.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from electro- + static, on the pattern of hydrostatic.