"displacement current" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: displacement currents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} displacement current (plural displacement currents)
  1. (electromagnetism) The direction and rate of change of the electric displacement field at a given point of space and time. It can be expressed as a vector. Wikipedia link: displacement current Categories (topical): Electromagnetism Translations (change of the electric displacement field): corrent de desplaçament [masculine] (Catalan), courant de déplacement [masculine] (French), Verschiebungsstrom [masculine] (German), corrente di spostamento [feminine] (Italian), corrente de deslocamento [feminine] (Portuguese), corriente de desplazamiento [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-displacement_current-en-noun-EBVl~ySF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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