Question

What is electric field ? Explain, giving the characteristics of the electric field.

Answer 1

Electric field, an electric property associated with each point in space when charge is present in any form. ... The strength of an electric field E at any point may be defined as theelectric, or Coulomb, force F exerted per unit positive electric charge q at that point, or simply E = F/q.

Answer 2

An electric field refers to the electronic property which is associated with each point in space whenever charge is present in any form.

The magnitude and direction of the field is represented by the E which is called the electric field intensity or the electric field strength.

Knowing the electric field at any point is what helps us to determine the electric charge which is close to that point.