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Definition of Static electricity
1. Noun. Electricity produced by friction.
Definition of Static electricity
1. Noun. An electric charge that has built up on an insulated body, often due to friction. ¹
2. Noun. The electric discharge from such a body. ¹
3. Noun. (physics) Electrostatics. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Static Electricity
Literary usage of Static electricity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In the period of early research the electrical phenomena produced by friction
came to be called static electricity, and it has been convenient to retain the ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"In static electricity the electrical fluid, or ether, was in a state of stress
... According to another analogy, static electricity was like a thimbleful of ..."
3. Practical physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale, Willard R. Pyle (1922)
"CHAPTER XIII static electricity GENERAL FACTS OF ELECTRIFICATION 278. Electrification
by friction. If a piece of hard rubber or a stick of sealing wax is ..."
4. A First Course in Physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale (1906)
"CHAPTER XIII static electricity • GENERAL FACTS OF ELECTRIFICATION 322.
Development of electrification by friction. Let a hard rubber (ebonite) rod be ..."
5. A First Course in Physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale (1906)
"CHAPTER XIII static electricity GENERAL FACTS OF ELECTRIFICATION 322. Development of
electrification by friction. Let a hard rubber (ebonite) rod be rubbed ..."
6. A First course in physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale (1913)
"CHAPTER XH static electricity GENERAL FACTS OF ELECTRIFICATION 283. Electrification
by friction. If a piece of hard rubber or a stick of sealing wax is ..."
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