electric current
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The net charge that passes through some cross-section of a conducting material (in one direction), per unit time.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "An electric current runs through this wire."
- "SI: ampere (A)"
- "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 _____ ."
- "The electric current is measured by the flow of charge through any cross-section ..."