a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"
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Electric field
a field of force surrounding a charged particle
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a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons;…
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons;…
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
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The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and ther…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom; emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, charged, particle.
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