field line

See also: fieldline

English
The electric field lines of two equal positive charges (left) and those of two equal charges of opposite sign (right).

Noun

field line (plural field lines)

  1. (physics) A visual aid for visualizing vector fields; a line drawn such that the direction of its tangent at any point equals the direction of the vector at that point.

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