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Current

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001503

The flow of electric charge, typically electrons, through a conductor or semiconductor. It is measured as the rate at which charge passes a given point in a circuit. The standard unit of measurement for current is the ampere (A), representing one coulomb of charge per second.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001503
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectElectrical engineering
See alsoCourse; Current divider; Displacement current; Electric current; Fault current; Leakage current; Mesh current
TranslationsGerman: Strom; Spanish: corriente; French: courant
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001503",
  "term": "Current",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The flow of electric charge, typically electrons, through a conductor or semiconductor. It is measured as the rate at which charge passes a given point in a circuit. The standard unit of measurement for current is the ampere (A), representing one coulomb of charge per second.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "see_also": [
    "course",
    "current divider",
    "displacement current",
    "electric current",
    "fault current",
    "leakage current",
    "mesh current"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Strom",
    "es": "corriente",
    "fr": "courant"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/current/"
}

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