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Define Electric field .

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The electric field at the point P at a distance r from the point charge q is the experienced by a unit charge and is given by
`vecE=(vecF)/(q_(0))`
The electric field is a vector quantity and its SI unit is Newton per Coulomb `(NC^(-1))`
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