Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Electricity, Repulsion, Attraction

Electricity is generally conceived as constituted by two types of 'charged' particle--one 'positively' charged, i. e. the Proton, the other, 'negatively' charged, i. e. the Electron.  In turn, 'charge' is typically characterized in mechanical, i. e. external, terms--oppositely charged particles attract, like charged particles repel, and charge is represented in terms of meters and kilograms.  Furthermore, the 'particle' to which charge is attributed is, likewise, characterized in mechanical terms, i. e. as possessing 'Mass', which is defined in terms of Acceleration.  However, underlying these mechanical characteristics are dynamical, i. e. internal, processes--the Proton is repulsive, and the Electron is attractive, which, with 'particle' being no more than a mechanical construct, are, therefore, nothing more than forces.  In other words, Electricity is nothing more than a specific combination of Repulsion and Attraction.

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