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<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>An isolatable form of ''charge'', the foundational property of matter upon which understanding [[electricity]] rests, manifests itself primordially in two forms in the atoms of matter, specifically in protons and electrons, assigned the charge-names, positive and negative, respectively, the two types of charged particles, though spatially separate, exhibiting mutual attraction, the particles within types exhibiting mutual repulsion.
<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>A fundamental property of matter underlying [[electricity]] and [[electromagnetism]], which occurs in positive and negative forms as integer multiples of an elementary charge unit, and which causes identically charged particles, even though spatially separated, to exhibit mutual repulsion, and oppositely charged particles to exhibit mutual attraction.


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A definition or brief description of Electric charge.

A fundamental property of matter underlying electricity and electromagnetism, which occurs in positive and negative forms as integer multiples of an elementary charge unit, and which causes identically charged particles, even though spatially separated, to exhibit mutual repulsion, and oppositely charged particles to exhibit mutual attraction.

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