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Electric field
Domain: Health and safety at work => Risk factors => Radiations
Grammatical category
Noun phrase
Grammar notes
Countable
Definition
Effect produced by an electric charge that exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity. The SI units of the electric field are newtons per coulomb or volts per meter (both are equivalent).
Definition source
Encyclopedia Wikipedia
European legislation
Amendment Directive 2004/40/CE, Recommendations 1999/512/EC, 1999/519/EC
British legislation
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
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