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intermittent current

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noun

Electricity.
  1. a direct current that is interrupted at intervals.


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This intermittent current is sent to an amplifier, relayed thence to a line of electromagnets, each of which controls a needle in the loom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Diagram showing effects of capacity on an intermittent current 5 2.

From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.

The chemical action that takes place is therefore very small, as the intermittent current sent out from the transmitter in some cases only lasts from 1/50th to 1/100th a second.

From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.

The effect of capacity upon an intermittent current is clearly shown in Fig.

From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.

The inertia or "lag" of a cell produces upon an intermittent current an effect similar to that produced by the capacity Fig.

From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.

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