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Text File  |  1992-09-02  |  420b  |  11 lines
  1. electric charge acquired by a body by means
  2. of electrostatic induction or friction.
  3. Rubbing different materials can produce
  4. static electricity, seen in the sparks
  5. produced on combing one's hair or removing a
  6. nylon shirt. In some processes static
  7. electricity is useful, as in paint spraying
  8. where the parts to be sprayed are charged
  9. with electricity of opposite polarity to that
  10. on the paint droplets, and in xerography.
  11.