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noun Electricity.

the time rate of flow of electric charge, in the direction that a positive moving charge would take and having magnitude equal to the quantity of charge per unit time: measured in amperes.

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Also called current, electricity.

Origin of electric current

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby electric current

electric cell, electric chair, electric charge, electric circuit, electric constant, electric current, electric dipole moment, electric discharge, electric-discharge lamp, electric displacement, electric eel

How to use electric current in a sentence

That stream of charged particles produces an electric current, which flows out of the battery to power whatever needs powering.
Novel lithium-metal batteries will drive the switch to electric cars|Katie McLean|February 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The Nationals’ biggest spring training roster questions are all on the marginsThe sense of a common experience, even though processed much differently, runs like a faint electric current through everyone who remembers.
Nothing can spoil the first day of spring training. (Though covid sure is giving it a shot.)|Thomas M. Boswell|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
A new slow-motion video offers the best view yet of the split-second collision of electric currents that creates a flash of lightning.
The birth of a lightning bolt was caught on video|Maria Temming|February 8, 2021|Science News
That could create a very short, but powerful surge of electric current, Neubert says.
Space station sensors saw how weird ‘blue jet’ lightning forms|Maria Temming|February 2, 2021|Science News For Students

Those reactions create charges that let the battery provide an electric current.
Batteries should not burst into flames|Carolyn Wilke|April 16, 2020|Science News For Students

British Dictionary definitions for electric current

electric current

noun

another name for current (def. 8)

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