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In legal terminology, a '''charge''' is an accusation by the police that a suspect  (future [[defendant]]) has broken a specific law.
 
In legal terminology, a '''charge''' is an accusation by the police that a suspect  (future [[defendant]]) has broken a specific law.
  
In [[physics]], a '''charge''' is the electric [[potential]], typically expressed in units of [[coulomb]], that represents a concentration of [[electron]]s.
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In [[science]], '''charge''' usually refers to the [[physics]] concept of '''electric charge''', a fundamental quantity of a particle that determines the way electromagnetic forces will affect that particle. Charge is typically expressed in units of [[coulomb]]. One well-known subatomic particle which carries a charge is the [[electron]].
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In legal terminology, a charge is an accusation by the police that a suspect (future defendant) has broken a specific law.

In science, charge usually refers to the physics concept of electric charge, a fundamental quantity of a particle that determines the way electromagnetic forces will affect that particle. Charge is typically expressed in units of coulomb. One well-known subatomic particle which carries a charge is the electron.