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field strength

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field strength
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1. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Radio Television the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
2. (Physics / General Physics) Physics the intensity of an electric or magnetic field See intensity
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Noun1.field strength - the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
intensity, intensity level, strength - the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
magnetic field strength, magnetic flux density, magnetic intensity, magnetic induction - the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow


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Technology that reduces the electric field strength at the gate edge, leading to improved breakdown voltage, and enables high-voltage, high-power operation.
The dielectric strength is a measure of the ability of the material to withstand large field strength without electrical breakdown.
Large as that may seem, it's only about a thousandth the field strength that computer simulations by other scientists had predicted would be necessary.
 
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