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displacement currents

displacement currents is the plural of displacement current.

Meaning of displacement current

Noun

displacement current (plural displacement currents)

  1. 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.
    • When a capacitor is charging, a current flows into one of its two plates, a displacement current flows from that plate to its other plate, and a current flows out of that other plate.

Questions about displacement currents

What is displacement currents the plural of?
Displacement currents is the plural of displacement current.

Words near displacement currents in the dictionary

  1. displacees
  2. displacement
  3. displacement activities
  4. displacement activity
  5. displacement current
  6. displacement currents
  7. displacement mapping
  8. displacement speed
  9. displacement speeds
  10. displacement ton
  11. displacement tons

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