ELECTRIC CHARGE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric charge mean? 

• ELECTRIC CHARGE (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC CHARGE has 1 sense:

1. the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC CHARGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIC CHARGE (noun)

Meaning:

The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

electric charge; charge

Context example:

the battery needed a fresh charge

Hypernyms ("electric charge" is a kind of...):

electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric charge"):

electrostatic charge (the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field))

positive charge (having a deficiency of electrons; having a higher electric potential)

negative charge (having a surplus of electrons; having a lower electric potential)