displacement current en · NOUN
Meanings
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The direction and rate of change of the electric displacement field at a given point of space and time. It can be expressed as a vector.
When a capacitor is charging, a current flows into one of its two plates, a displacement current flows from that plate to its other plate, and a current flows out of that other plate.
Forms
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Translations (6)
ca corrent de desplaçament (change of the electric displacement field) · es corriente de desplazamiento (change of the electric displacement field) · de Verschiebungsstrom (change of the electric displacement field) · pt corrente de deslocamento (change of the electric displacement field) · fr courant de déplacement (change of the electric displacement field) · it corrente di spostamento (change of the electric displacement field)