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noun - (physics) the static electric energy of a charged body; 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
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