Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun electrostatic_charge

1 sense of electrostatic charge

Sense 1
electrostatic charge -- (the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field))
       => charge, electric charge -- (the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons; "the battery needed a fresh charge")