By Definition Electric field vectors point in the same direction as the electric force that a (hypothetical) positive test charge would experience, if placed in the field. Electric Field Lines are generated by connecting all of electric field vectors together, forming continuous lines and curves.
- What does electric field line actually represent
My search tells me it represents the path any charge would take but then force vector direction is tangent? but it is not a path taken? Fact ref what is paradox here.
- How is magnitude of the field, indicated by the field line density? ref seems that the this representation is the cause of my lack of understanding? What am i missing here?
