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Definition: Electric Current |
Electric CurrentNoun1. A flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Electrical Engineering | Movement of electricity in a medium or along a circuit; the direction of the current is accepted as opposite to that of the motion of negative electricity. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A flow of electricity, i. e. an ordered movement of electrically charged particles. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Space | A continuous flow of electrons and/or ions, through a material with conducts electricity. A currents usually flows in a closed circuit, without beginning or end. In daily life currents are generally driven through wires by voltages produced by batteries or generators. In space plasmas, some currents may be produced this way, but many are inherent to the way ions and electrons move through magnetic fields, e.g. their drifts. (references) |
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Synonym: Electric CurrentSynonym: current (n). (additional references) |
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Health | In this test, an area of the skin (usually the forearm) is made to sweat by using a chemical called pilocarpine and applying a mild electric current. (references) | |
Business | Foreign suppliers of communications equipment need to conform with the local electric current set at 127 volts, 60 hertz. (references) | |
Trade | Eq. Guinea | The standard electric current used in Equatorial Guinea is A.C, 50 cycles, 220-380 volts, but there are regional variations to that norm. (references) |
Travel | France | Electric current in France is 220 volts AC, 50 cycles. (references) |
Ireland | The electric current in Ireland is alternating current, 50 cycle, 220 volts. (references) | |
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Expression using "electric current": strength of the electric current. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
electric current | 46 |
electric current abroad | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "electric current"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | تيار كهربائي (electricity). (various references) | |
Chinese | 電流 . (various references) | |
Czech | elektrický proud. (various references) | |
Danish | elektrisk strøm (current), strøm (current, current flow, flow, power, stream). (various references) | |
Dutch | elektrische stroom (current), elektrische energie (current, electrical energy, energy), stroom (amperage, current, current flow, flood, flow, river, stream, torrent, volley). (various references) | |
Finnish | sähkövirta (amperage, current). (various references) | |
French | courant électrique, charge courant électrique, énergie électrique (electric power, electrical energy, electrical power). (various references) | |
German | elektrischer Strom (current). (various references) | |
Greek | ηλεκτρικό ρεύμα (current). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elektromos áram (electrical energy). (various references) | |
Italian | energia elettrica (current, electric energy, electric power, electrical energy, electrical power, energy), corrente elettrica (current). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 電流 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | で"りゅう. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | electricay urrentcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | energia eléctrica (current, electric power, electrical energy, electrical power, energy), corrente eléctrica (current), cabo elétrico (electric chair). (various references) | |
Spanish | corriente eléctrica (current). (various references) | |
Swedish | elström. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-c-e-e-e-i-l-n-r-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-5 letters: recurrence. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6C 65 63 74 72 69 63 43 75 72 72 65 6E 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01110010 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000011 01110101 01110010 01110010 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l e c t r i c   C u r r e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 0065 0063 0074 0072 0069 0063 0043 0075 0072 0072 0065 006E 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3978716986847569237878484718086 |
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