electric current

plural electric currents · alternative electrical current

1. countableuncountableelectrical engineeringA net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.

   An electric current runs through this wire.

2. countableuncountableelectrical engineeringThe net charge that passes through some cross-section of a conducting material (in one direction), per unit time.

   SI: ampere (A)

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   CGS: esu/second (esu/s)

   The electric current in this wire is 5 A.

   (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

   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

   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