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noun
A charge of powder and ball, greater than the service charge, fired in an arm, as a gun or cannon, to test its strength.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
A small charge used to test or measure the electric field created by other charges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: electrostatics
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History
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