displacement current
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English
Noun
displacement current (plural displacement currents)
- (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.
- When a capacitor is charging, a current flows into one of its two plates, a displacement current flows from that plate to its other plate, and a current flows out of that other plate.
Translations
change of the electric displacement field
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