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direct current

direct current noun: an electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.

Noun

direct current (countable and uncountable, plural direct currents, abbreviation DC)

  1. An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.
  2. A constant electric current.

direct current meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

direct current in Hindi

electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
दिष्ट धारा diṣṭ dhārā

direct current in Tamil

நேரோட்டம் நேர் மின்னோட்டம், நேர்திசை மின்னோட்டம்

direct current in Kannada

ನೇರ ಒಳ್ಕು, ಒಂದೆಡೆಯ ಹರಿವು

direct current in Tagalog

electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
tuwirang saloy
More languagesFewer languages
direct current in Arabic
تَيَّار مُسْتَمِر tayyār mustamir
direct current in Malay
arus terus
direct current in Indonesian
arus searah

Antonyms of direct current

Forms of direct current

pluraldirect currents
abbreviationDC

Questions about direct current

What does direct current mean?
Direct current means an electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.
What is direct current in Hindi?
Direct current in Hindi is दिष्ट धारा (diṣṭ dhārā). See Direct current meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is direct current?
Direct current is a noun.
What is the plural of direct current?
The plural of direct current is direct currents.

Words near direct current in the dictionary

  1. direct costs
  2. direct coupling
  3. direct couplings
  4. direct cremation
  5. direct cremations
  6. direct current
  7. direct currents
  8. direct cut
  9. direct cuts
  10. direct debit
  11. direct debits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: direct current (page history and authors); direct current (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); direct current (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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