Electric current

Synonyms for "electric current" (67 found)

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Closest matches (14)

absorption currentacactive currentalternating currentbase currentcathode currentcollector currentconduction currentconvection current
Noun(5 words)
ac currentamperagecurrentcurrent electricitycurrent flow

Strong matches (20)

cycledcdelta currentdielectric displacement currentdirect currentdisplacement currenteddy currentelectric streamelectron cloudelectron flowelectron gaselectron streamemission current
Adjective(2 words)
danish strømelectric energy flow
Noun(5 words)
direct currentelectricelectric flowelectricalelectrical current

Related words (33)

exciting currentfree alternating currentgalvanic currenthigh-frequency currentidle currentinduced currentinduction currentionization currentjuicelow-frequency currentmagnetizing currentmultiphase currentoutput currentplate currentpulsating direct currentreactive currentrotary currentsingle-phase alternating currentspace chargestray current
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thermionic currentthermoelectric currentthree-phase alternating currentvoltaic currentwatt current
Noun(6 words)
flow of chargenorwegian strømpoweredromanian curentsine wave currentunidirectional current
Adjective(2 words)
german stromswedish ström

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries
attributedescriptorelectric quantityelectrical phenomenonengineering conceptphysical quantitypropertytechnologytype of current

More specific

10 entries
ac currentdc currentelectric current diagramelectric current flowelectric current meterelectric current sensorlow voltage DCsine wave currentsquare wave currentsteady current

Collocations

12 entries
alternating currentamperagecurrent flowcurrent ratingdirect currentelectric circuitelectric current diagramelectric current flowelectric current safetyelectric currentselectric-current sensorelectrical current

Inflections

1 entries
electric currents

Derivations

3 entries
electric currentselectrical currentelectrically

Translations

39 translations across 29 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 電流 /电流 noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Danish

1 entries
  • strømstyrke noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Dutch

1 entries
  • stroomsterkte noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • elektra kurento noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Estonian

1 entries
  • elektrivool noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Finnish

1 entries
  • sähkövirta noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

French

2 entries
  • courant noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • courant électrique noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Georgian

3 entries
  • დენი noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • ელექტროდენი noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • ელექტრული დენი noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

German

2 entries
  • Strom noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • elektrischer Strom noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Greek

2 entries
  • ηλεκτρικό ρεύμα noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • ρεύμα noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Hindi

1 entries
  • विद्युत धारा noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • elektromos áram noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • currente noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Irish

1 entries
  • sruth leictreach noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Italian

2 entries
  • corrente noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • corrente elettrica noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 電流 noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Korean

1 entries
  • 전류 noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • srovė noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Malay

1 entries
  • arus elektrik noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Polish

1 entries
  • prąd noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • corrente noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • corrente elétrica noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Romanian

1 entries
  • curent electric noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Russian

3 entries
  • ток noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • электри́ческий ток noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • электрото́к noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Slovak

2 entries
  • prúd noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)
  • tok noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Slovene

1 entries
  • električni tok noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Spanish

1 entries
  • corriente eléctrica noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ström noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Thai

1 entries
  • กระแสไฟฟ้า noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • dòng điện noun (measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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An electric current runs through this wire.

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SI: ampere (A)

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CGS: esu/second (esu/s)

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The electric current in this wire is 5 A.

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