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An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A constant electric current.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: DC, direct electric current
Antonyms: alternating current
Broader terms: electricity, electrical energy
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَيَّار مُسْتَمِر
(tayyār mustamir)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Bulgarian:
прав ток
(prav tok)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Bulgarian:
постоя́нен ток
(postojánen tok)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Catalan:
corrent continu
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Chinese Mandarin:
直流電 /直流电
(zhíliúdiàn)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Chinese Mandarin:
直流
(zhíliú)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Czech:
stejnosměrný proud
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Danish:
jævnstrøm
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Dutch:
gelijkstroom
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Estonian:
alalisvool
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Finnish:
tasavirta
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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French:
courant continu
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Georgian:
მუდმივი დენი
(mudmivi deni)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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German:
Gleichstrom
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Greek:
συνεχές ρεύμα
(synechés révma)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Hindi:
दिष्ट धारा
(diṣṭ dhārā)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Hungarian:
egyenáram
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Indonesian:
arus searah
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Irish:
sruth díreach
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Japanese:
直流電流
(chokuryū denryū)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Japanese:
直流
(chokuryū)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Korean:
직류
(jingnyu)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Latvian:
līdzstrāva
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Malay:
arus terus
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Norwegian Bokmål:
likestrøm
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
likestraum
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Polish:
prąd stały
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Portuguese:
corrente contínua
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Romanian:
curent continuu
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Russian:
однонаправленный ток
(odnonapravlennyj tok)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Spanish:
corriente continua
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Swedish:
likström
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Tagalog:
tuwirang saloy
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Tibetan:
ཐད་རྒྱུན་གློག་རྒྱུན
(thad rgyun glog rgyun)
— electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time
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Afrikaans:
gelykstroom
— constant electric current
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Bulgarian:
постоянен ток
(postojanen tok)
— constant electric current
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Finnish:
tasavirta
— constant electric current
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German:
Konstantstrom
— constant electric current
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Polish:
prąd stały
— constant electric current
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Russian:
постоя́нный ток
(postojánnyj tok)
— constant electric current
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Finnish:
tasavirtapiiri
— an electric circuit in which voltage and current do not vary with time
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Polish:
prąd stały
— an electric circuit in which voltage and current do not vary with time
