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| General term for electrical phenomena, much like gravity has to do with gravitational phenomena, or sociology with social phenomena. |
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| The study of electric charge at rest. |
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| Electric charge is neither created nor destroyed. The total charge before an interaction equals the total charge after. |
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| The relationship between electrical force, charge, and distance. If the charges are alike in sign, the force is repulsive; if the charges are unlike, the force is attractive. |
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| The SI unit of electrical charge. One coulomb is equal to the total charge of 6.25 x 10^18 electrons. |
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| Any material having free charged particles that easily flow through it when an electric force acts on them. |
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| A material without free charged particles and through which charge does not easily flow. |
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| A device composed of material not only with properties that fall between a conductor and an insulator but with resistance that changes abruptly when other conditions change, such as temperature, voltage, and electric or magnetic fields. |
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| A material that is a perfect conductor with zero resistance to the flow of electric charge. |
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| Transfer of electric charge between objects by rubbing or simple touching. |
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| Redistribution of electric charges in and on objects caused by the electrical influence of a charged object close by but not in contact. |
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| Term applied to an atom or molecule in which the charges are aligned so that one side has a slight excess of positive charge and the other side a slight excess of negative charge. |
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| Defined as force per unit charge, it can be considered to be an "aura" surrounding charged objects and is a storehouse of electric energy. About a charged point, the field decreases with distance according to the inverse-square law, like a gravitational field. Between oppositely charged parallel plates, the electric field is uniform. |
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| Electric potential energy |
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| The energy a charged object possesses by virtue of its location in an electric field. |
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| The electric potential energy per unit of charge, measured in volts, and often called voltage. |
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| An electrical device-in its simplest form, a pair of paralllel conducting plates seperated by a small distance-that stores electric charge and energy. |
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