Answer to Question #331693 in Physics for mae

Question

what is electric field?

Answer 1

The most general definition of electric field is the following: it is the physical field that surrounds electrically charged particles and exerts force on all other charged particles in the field, either attracting or repelling them.

More formally, it is defined as the force per unit charge:

$$\mathbf{E} = \dfrac{\mathbf{F}}{q}$$

where $\mathbf{F}$ is the electric (Coulomb's) force, that acts on the charge $q$.