electric current

electric current noun: a net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.

Noun

electric current (countable and uncountable, plural electric currents)

A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
- An electric current runs through this wire.
The net charge that passes through some cross-section of a conducting material (in one direction), per unit time.
- SI: ampere (A)
- CGS: esu/second (esu/s)

measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge: विद्युत धारा vidyut dhārā
phenomenon: विद्युत धारा vidyut dhārā

மின்னோட்டம், மின் ஓட்டம்

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electric current in Bengali: তড়িৎ প্রবাহ toṛit probaho
electric current in Punjabi: کرنٹ karaṉṭ, ਕਰੰਟ karaṇṭ
electric current in Pashto: برېښنايي جريان brex̌nāyi jaryān, برقي جریان barqī jaryān
electric current in Arabic: تَيَّار كَهْرَبَائِيّ tayyār kahrabāʔiyy, تَيَّار كَهْرُبَائِيّ tayyār kahrubāʔiyy
electric current in Malay: arus elektrik
electric current in Indonesian: arus listrik
electric current in Thai: กระแสไฟฟ้า grà-sɛ̌ɛ-fai-fáa
electric current in Vietnamese: dòng điện
electric current in Myanmar: လျှပ်စီး hlyapci:, လျှပ်စီးကြောင်း hlyapci:kraung:

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...
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...
This cascading effect continues through the whole series of electrodes and provides gains in electric current of the order of 10⁴-10⁸.1996, Robert Alexander Walker Johnstone, Malcolm E. Rose, Mass Spectrometry for Chemists and Biochemists, Cambridge University Press...

plural	electric currents
alternative form	electrical current

What does electric current mean?: Electric current means a net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
What is electric current in Hindi?: Electric current in Hindi is विद्युत धारा (vidyut dhārā). See Electric current meaning in Hindi.
How do you use electric current in a sentence?: The electric current in this wire is 5 A.
What part of speech is electric current?: Electric current is a noun.
What is the plural of electric current?: The plural of electric current is electric currents.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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