a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.Magnetic flux
the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving 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.a field of force surrounding a charged particle
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.Words connected by meaning
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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: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.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: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.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: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.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: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.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: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.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: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.(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: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.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: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the ma…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.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: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lines, force, surrounding, permanent, magnet.Explore Academic Dictionary
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