Physics A-Level
Vector field direction
What Vector field direction means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Vector field direction
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Reference: OCR
E is a vector directed radially away from positive charge and towards negative charge.
Topics that use Vector field direction
- Coulomb’s law (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Electric field
- Electric field strength
- Electrostatic force between point charges
- Field
- Inverse-square law
- Vector nature of electrostatic force
- Radial field of a point charge
- Vector nature of fields
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