ELECTRIC CURRENT Definition & Meaning

electric current

noun

Electricity.

the time rate of flow of electric charge, in the direction that a positive moving charge would take and having magnitude equal to the quantity of charge per unit time: measured in amperes.

electric current

noun

another name for current

current, electric

The flow of electrical charge , usually electrons . ( See Benjamin Franklin .)

current, electric

The flow of large numbers of electrons through a conductor . ( See alternating current , conduction , and direct current .)

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of electric current¹

First recorded in 1830–40

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Experts this week are expected to conduct soil resistivity testing, looking at how the soil around the towers absorbs and reacts to the flow of electric current.

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“She attracted people like an electric current. Betty was a mighty force.”

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After fighting with staff, and being told he was causing trouble, Lijian was sent for ECT - a therapy which involves passing electric currents through a patient's brain.

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With a tip that can be as fine as a single atom, scanning tunnelling microscopes move across a material's surface, measuring properties such as electric current to map each point.

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Their experiments measured the voltages on the surface of each metallic lump - essentially the strength of the electric current.

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