What is "electrostatic"

Usage examples of "electrostatic".

Japanese researchers discovered that some resins become charged and turn into permanent and quite new sources of electricity after having been melted and left to cool in a strong electrostatic field, between the plates of a capacitor.

It was produced by electrostatic friction machines, by thermoelectric and solar batteries.

Tanks, even modern ones with electrostatic hover and thin coilguns instead of heavy cannons, could not maneuver into the narrow alleys of the old city and were stymied by the steep-sided mountain valleys.

At new electric utility plants in other states, smokestacks a thousand feet high, supplemented by electrostatic filters and scrubbers that removed sulfur from smokestack gases, were reducing pollution to acceptable levels.

A lengthy stop was at the enormous electrostatic dust collectorsrequired under environmental laws-whose purpose was to remove burned fly ash which otherwise would belch from smokestacks as a pollutant.

There were electrostatic sleds that could be raced across the frozen snowfields, and opportunities to participate in bloodless but noisy holoed recreations of the ancient battles that had scarred this part of the planet.

Electrostatic pickups above and below the turntable would fluctuate with changes in the dielectric constant which had been impressed by the recording, and these changes were amplified for the scanners.

Quick-frozen mentally at the moment of inert blankness his meditation had granted him-the psychic drunkard's coma-he was cushioned on repellent charges as he plummeted down, and instantly stripped of surplus electrostatic charge.

Purple shadows brushed the hollows beneath her walnut-brown eyes, and her auburn hair, usually so neat and smooth it looked held in place with electrostatic charge, was in disarray courtesy of her restless fingers pulling, prodding, twirling as she’.

Devoid of power, the electrostatic charge that kept water from making contact with a cop's rain slicker was nothing more than a failed promise.

Fingernails of lightning skittered from one atmosphere to the other as the orbiting shards built up an incredible electrostatic charge.

Must've lost some of its electrostatic charge while it was sitting in the pocket.

Grosvenor said, Bredder, have you ever heard of a peripheral electrostatic charge?

Rub one against silk and it produces a positive electrostatic charge.

An electrostatic charge was supposed to keep his faceshield clear, but some of the grit was too large to be repelled.