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Direct current

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dcnoun(computing) To become disconnected from a network.
alternating currentnoun(physics) An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.
currentnoun(by extension, South Asia) electricity, power in general.
electric currentnoun(electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
electrical currentnounAlternative form of electric current. [(electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.]
return currentnoun(electrical engineering) The electric current in a circuit which flows back to its source, or to earth.
current sheetnounAn electric current that is confined to a surface, rather than being spread through a volume of space.
eddy currentnoun(physics) An induced electric current formed within the body of a conductor when it is exposed to a time varying magnetic field; used in induction heating and in some braking and damping systems.
y currentnounThe electric current through one branch of the star arrangement of a three-phase circuit.
dark currentnoun(physics) The temperature-dependent current that flows in a photodetector when no light is shining on it.
displacement currentnoun(electromagnetism) 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.
injury currentnoun(medicine) the electric current due to an injury potential
electric dischargenoun(physics) The flow of electricity through the air or gas.
induced currentnounAn electric current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor.
pacemaker currentnoun(cardiology, physiology) An electric current in the heart that flows through the HCN channel or pacemaker channel.
kirchhoff's current lawnoun(physics) A law showing that electric charge is conserved around an electrical circuit:- At any point in an electrical circuit where charge density is not changing in time, the sum of currents flowing towards that point is equal to the sum of currents flowing away from that point.
supercurrentnoun(physics) The current flowing through a superconductor.
foucault currentnoun(physics) An eddy current.
thermocurrentnounA current, as of electricity, developed or set in motion by the action of heat; a thermoelectric current.
photocurrentnounAny electric current that flows as a result of photoconductivity or the photovoltaic effect

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