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Electric field: The region around a charged body up to which it exerts electric

force on any other charge is called electric field.

Electric lines of force: It is defined as the imaginary path along which a unit
positive charge would move if it were to move.

Electric lines of force in the electric field are imaginary continuous curves

such that tangent to any point of curve gives the direction of the electric field at
that point.

Properties of electric lines of force:

☻ The electric lines of force originate normally from positive charge and
terminate normally at negative charge.

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