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<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 charged particles, which can be isolated and spatially separated, to exhibit mutual repulsion when identically charged, and mutual attraction when oppositely charged.
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A positive or negative property of matter that occurs as integral multiples of an elementary charge unit, and causes mutual repulsion of like-charged particles and mutual attraction of oppositely charged particles.
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A definition or brief description of Electric charge.

A positive or negative property of matter that occurs as integral multiples of an elementary charge unit, and causes mutual repulsion of like-charged particles and mutual attraction of oppositely charged particles.