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electric current en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
   • An electric current runs through this wire.
2. (countable, uncountable) The net charge that passes through some cross-section of a conducting material (in one direction), per unit time.
   • SI: ampere (A)
   • The electric current in this wire is 5 A.
   • This cascading effect continues through the whole series of electrodes and provides gains in electric current of the order of 10⁴-10⁸. 1996, Robert Alexander Walker Johnstone, Malcolm E. Rose, Mass Spectrometry for Chemists and Biochemists, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 55:
   • From the following table (Table 2), we can see that, as a whole, the former electric field's electric current is smaller, the rare electric field's electric current is larger. 2010, Keping Yan, Electrostatic Precipitation: 11th International Conference on Electrostatic Precipitation, Hangzhou, 2008, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 316:
   • The electric current is measured by the flow of charge through any cross-section ... year unknown, V. K Mehta & Rohit Mehta, S. Chand’s Principle Of Physics -XII, S. Chand Publishing →ISBN, page 255
   • (iii) Electric current is the flow of _____. (iv) The SI unit of electric current is _____ . year unknown, S. K. Gupta & Anubhuti Gangal, A Compact And Com. Book Of IIT Foudation Science Phy.&Che.) VII, S. Chand Publishing →ISBN, page 32
   • CGS: esu/second (esu/s)

Forms

Hyponyms

direct current · alternating current

Translations (122)

de Strom (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ar تَيَّار كَهْرُبَائِيّ (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · sv ström (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · lo ກະແສໄຟຟ້າ (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · nb elektrisk strøm (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · sk prúd (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · hu elektromos áram (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · my လျှပ်စီး (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ko 전류 (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ky электр тогу (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · es corriente eléctrica (phenomenon) · pt corrente elétrica (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ja 電流 (phenomenon) · bo གློག་རྒྱུན (phenomenon) · mt kurrent elettriku (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · bo གློག་རྒྱུན (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · yue 電流 /电流 (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ka ელექტრული დენი (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · it corrente (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · sk elektrický prúd (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · lv elektriskā strāva (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · fa-ira جَرِیانِ اِلِکْتْریکی (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ko 전류 (phenomenon) · el ηλεκτρικό ρεύμα (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ug توك ئېقىمى (phenomenon) · fo ravmagnsstreymur (phenomenon) · da elektrisk strøm (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · cs proud (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · uk електри́чний струм (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · tg ҷараёни электрӣ (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · fo streymur (phenomenon) · ja 電流 (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ru ток (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · pl prąd elektryczny (phenomenon) · vi dòng điện (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · bg ток (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · lt srovė (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ps برقي جریان (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · fo elektriskur streymur (phenomenon) · tr elektrik akımı (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · uk електри́чний струм (phenomenon) · ia currente (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · pl prąd (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · cmn 電流 /电流 (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · fr courant électrique (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · he זֶרֶם חַשְׁמַלִּי (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · sh електрична струја (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ar تَيَّار كَهْرَبَائِيّ (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · fi sähkövirta (phenomenon) · mk електрична струја (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · lt elektros srovė (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · my လျှပ်စီးကြောင်း (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ka დენი (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · fi sähkövirta (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · id arus listrik (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · sk tok (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · tk elektrik togy (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · cs elektrický proud (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · la fluxus oneris electrici (phenomenon) · fa-ira جَرَیانِ اِلِکْتْریکی (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ru электрото́к (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · th กระแสไฟฟ้า (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ka ელექტროდენი (phenomenon) · ur بَرْقی رَو (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · et elektrivool (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · hi विद्युत धारा (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · da elektrisk strøm (phenomenon) · fr courant (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ru электри́ческий ток (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · tt электр агымы (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · nl elektrische stroom (phenomenon) · it corrente elettrica (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · hy էլեկտրական հոսանք (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · es corriente eléctrica (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · is rafstraumur (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · kk электр тогы (phenomenon) · ka ელექტროდენი (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · bn তড়িৎ প্রবাহ (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · gl corrente eléctrica (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · sq rrjedhë elektrike (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · bg електри́чески ток (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · uz elektr toki (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · cmn 電流 /电流 (phenomenon) · yi עלעקטרישער שטראָם (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · fa-ira جَرَیانِ بَرْقی (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · hi विद्युत धारा (phenomenon) · sv elektrisk ström (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · be электры́чны ток (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ru электри́ческий ток (phenomenon) · eo elektra kurento (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · el ρεύμα (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · da strømstyrke (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · km ចរន្តអគ្គិសនី (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · kk электр тогы (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · gl corrente eléctrica (phenomenon) · ka ელექტრული დენი (phenomenon) · de elektrischer Strom (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · tg ҷараёни электрикӣ (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ms arus elektrik (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · lv strāva (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · de elektrischer Strom (phenomenon) · kmr sirêma elektrîkê (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · be ток (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · szl sztrům (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · sl električni tok (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ga sruth leictreach (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · sw mkondo wa umeme (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · sh električna struja (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · az elektrik cərəyanı (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · nan-hbl 電流 /电流 (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · nl elektrische stroom (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ro curent electric (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · mn цахилгаан гүйдэл (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · uk струм (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · fa-ira جَرِیانِ بَرْقی (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · tg ҷараёни барқӣ (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · nl stroomsterkte (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · da strøm (phenomenon) · ug توك ئېقىمى (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · pl prąd elektryczny (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · pt corrente (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) · ps برېښنايي جريان (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)