Definition:Electric Charge

Definition
Electric charge is a physical quantity of matter which causes it to experience a force when near other electrically charged matter.

It is a scalar quantity.

It has been discovered by experiment that the corresponding force depends on the magnitudes of those electric charges, their displacements from each other, and their velocities.

Also see

 * Definition:Electric Current
 * Definition:Electric Field


 * Definition:Electric Force
 * Definition:Magnetic Force


 * Total Force on Point Charge from 2 Point Charges
 * Total Force on Point Charge from Multiple Point Charges