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elementary charge

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The electric charge on a single proton or electron

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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  • Bulgarian: елемента́рен заря́д (elementáren zarjád) — electric charge on a single proton
  • Danish: elementarladning — electric charge on a single proton
  • Finnish: alkeisvaraus — electric charge on a single proton
  • French: charge élémentaire — electric charge on a single proton
  • German: Elementarladung — electric charge on a single proton
  • Italian: carica elementare — electric charge on a single proton
  • Portuguese: carga elementar — electric charge on a single proton
  • Swedish: elementarladdning — electric charge on a single proton