electrokinesis

English

electrokinesis (uncountable)

(physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
- 2008, Nunes da Rocha et al., “Mobilisation of bacteria in a fine-grained residual soil by electrophoresis”, in Journal of Hazardous Materials, →DOI:
  These results demonstrate that electrokinesis can be used for bacteria transport in soils with low hydraulic conductivity, even against the electro-osmotic flow.
(fantasy, science fiction) The generation of electrical force using the mind alone.
- 2008, A. Lee Martinez, The Automatic Detective‎^[1], →ISBN, page 138:
  But Grey's electrokinesis and Greenman's telekinesis put me in a tight spot.

particle or fluid transport produced by an electrical field