Category:Definitions/Macroscopic Electric Fields

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Let $B$ be a body of matter.

Consider a volume element $\delta V$ of $B$ which is much bigger than a single atom, but still small compared to the volume of $B$.

The macroscopic electric field is the mean atomic electric field over $\delta V$.