Debye shielding length

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Debye shielding length [də′bī ′shēld·iŋ ‚leŋkth]

(plasma physics)

A characteristic distance in a plasma beyond which the electric field of a charged particle is shielded by particles having charges of the opposite sign. Also known as Debye-Hückel screening radius; Debye length; shielding distance.

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