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ELECTRIC CURRENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flow of electricity through a conductor
Example:
the current was measured in amperes
Synonyms:
current; electric current
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("electric current" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric current"):
juice (electric current)
thermionic current (an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission)
Context examples:
A device that uses a gel to carry an electric current from the skin to a measuring instrument.
(Gel electrode, NCI Dictionary)
A procedure to destroy tissue (such as a tumor) using an electric current.
(Fulguration, NCI Dictionary)
Connections between cells which allow passage of small molecules and electric current.
(Gap Junction, NCI Thesaurus)
The needle may be twirled, moved up and down at different speeds and depths, heated, or charged with a small electric current until the de qi sensation occurs.
(De qi sensation, NCI Dictionary)
Testing the ability of a device's or component's material to resist the flow of electric current.
(Device Insulation Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
It is based on the principle that the resistance to an applied electric current is inversely related to the amount of lean body mass within the body.
(Bioelectric Impedance Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)
A scalpel, a laser knife, or a thin wire loop heated by an electric current may be used to remove the tissue.
(Cone biopsy, NCI Dictionary)
The first measurement was of magnetic fields that can be used to detect giant electric current sheets that lead to HFAs.
(Messenger spots giant space weather effects at Mercury, NASA)
A unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere.
(Milliampere, NCI Thesaurus)
As a planet rotates, the electrically susceptible liquid swirls around and drives electric currents, inducing a magnetic field.
(Juno Peers Inside a Giant, NASA)
