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direct current en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A constant electric current.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
DC Abbr=Yes lexicographic
direct currents Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

alternating current · AC

Relateds

alternating current

Translations (42)

fi tasavirta (constant electric current) · nb likestrøm (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ms arus terus (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ka მუდმივი დენი (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ca corrent continu (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · nn likestraum (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · nl gelijkstroom (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ja 直流電流 (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · tl tuwirang saloy (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · bg прав ток (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · sv likström (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ga sruth díreach (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · bg постоя́нен ток (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · af gelykstroom (constant electric current) · da jævnstrøm (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · cmn 直流 (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ru однонаправленный ток (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · el συνεχές ρεύμα (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · et alalisvool (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · bo ཐད་རྒྱུན་གློག་རྒྱུན (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · de Gleichstrom (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · lv līdzstrāva (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · fr courant continu (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · pt corrente contínua (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · hu egyenáram (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · pl prąd stały (an electric circuit in which voltage and current do not vary with time) · ro curent continuu (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ru постоя́нный ток (constant electric current) · pl prąd stały (constant electric current) · hi दिष्ट धारा (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ar تَيَّار مُسْتَمِر (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · bg постоянен ток (constant electric current) · cmn 直流電 /直流电 (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · es corriente continua (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ja 直流 (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · ko 직류 (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · id arus searah (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · cs stejnosměrný proud (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · fi tasavirtapiiri (an electric circuit in which voltage and current do not vary with time) · de Konstantstrom (constant electric current) · pl prąd stały (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) · fi tasavirta (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time)