electrostatic potential

collocation in English

meaningsofelectrostaticandpotential

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electrostatic
adjective
uk
/iˌlek.trəʊˈstæt.ɪk/
us
/iˌlek.troʊˈstæt̬.ɪk/
relating to or caused by electricity that does not move in a current but is attracted to the surface of ...
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potential
noun[U]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/
us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, ...
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Electrostaticpotentialbetween surfaces bearing ionizable groups in ionic equilibrium with physiologic saline solution.
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It was found that the grain charge can vary significantly during the expansion because of the rapid change of theelectrostaticpotential.
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The microscopic expression for the self-consistentelectrostaticpotentialhas been derived.
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The assumption of the presence of a backgroundelectrostaticpotentialwith a radial dependence was based on observations of high confinement plasmas.
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From this model two coupled differential equations for the parallel ion velocity and the perturbedelectrostaticpotentialwere derived.
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The equilibrium is perturbed by an electrostatic perturbation withelectrostaticpotentiall (r) e-i(t-l-kz z), (2) where l is the azimuthal mode number.
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In order to solve (13), one requires an additional relation between the coldelectron fluid density and theelectrostaticpotential.
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The ions are considered to be in thermal equilibrium in the presence of anelectrostaticpotentialonly.
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Similar approaches likeelectrostaticpotentialfield4 are proposed and extended to dynamic environments.
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A jump inelectrostaticpotentialon the boundary may be added.
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These are characterized both by a dip in the density of all species and a negativeelectrostaticpotential.
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We see that the structure is characterized by a localized positiveelectrostaticpotential.
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The electron distribution function, density perturbation and the shape of the waveelectrostaticpotentialare found.
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However, the state is subject to large-amplitude fluctuations of theelectrostaticpotentialtowards the linearly unstable side of the marginal point.
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The low-frequencyelectrostaticpotentialappearing on the right-hand side of (8) transmits the ponderomotive force and the electron pressure to the ions.
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The totalelectrostaticpotentialat large distance is qk/ewr.
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Calculating theelectrostaticpotentialof molecules in solution-method and error assessment.
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Restrainedelectrostaticpotentialatomic partial charges for condensedphase simulations of carbohydrates.
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