1. of or relating to the motion of charged particles or fluids in an electric field, or the electric effects produced by such motion
Usage: technical; used in physics and chemistry

Examples

• Electrokinetic phenomena occur when ions move through a liquid under the influence of an electric field.
• The researchers studied electrokinetic flow in microfluidic devices.
• Electrokinetic remediation is used to remove contaminants from soil.
• The electrokinetic effect was first observed in the early nineteenth century.
• Scientists applied an electrokinetic method to separate proteins in the laboratory.