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Define Electric field .

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The elecetric field at the point P at a distance r from the point charge q is the force experienced by a unit charge and is given by
`overline(E)=overline(F)/(q_0)`
The electric field is a vector quantity and its SI unit is Newton per coulomb `(NC^(-1))`.
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