displacement current

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

Catalan: corrent de desplaçament m
French: courant de déplacement m
German: Verschiebungsstrom m
Italian: corrente di spostamento f
Portuguese: corrente de deslocamento f
Spanish: corriente de desplazamiento f

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