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direct_current

direct current

See also: direct-current

English

Alternative forms

direct-current (attributive)

Noun

direct current ‎(plural direct currents) (abbreviated as DC)

an electric current in which the electrons flow in one direction, but may vary with time
an electric current which do not vary with time
an electric circuit in which voltage and current do not vary with time

Antonyms

alternating current, AC

Translations

electric current in which the electrons flow in one direction, but may vary with time

Arabic: تَيَّار مُسْتَمِر m ‎(tayyār mustamir)
Bulgarian: прав ток m ‎(prav tok), постоянен ток m ‎(postojánen tok)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 直流電 (zh), 直流电 (zh) ‎(zhíliúdiàn), 直流 (zh) ‎(zhíliú)
Czech: stejnosměrný proud m
Dutch: gelijkstroom (nl) m
Estonian: alalisvool (et)
Finnish: tasavirta (fi)
French: courant continu (fr) m
German: Gleichstrom (de) m
Greek: συνεχές ρεύμα n ‎(synechés révma)
Hungarian: egyenáram (hu)

Japanese: 直流電流 ‎(ちょくりゅうでんりゅう, chokuryū denryū), 直流 ‎(ちょくりゅう, chokuryū)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: likestrøm m

Nynorsk: likestraum m
Polish: prąd stały m
Portuguese: corrente contínua (pt) f
Romanian: curent continuu (ro) m
Russian: однонаправленный ток m ‎(odnonapravlennyj tok)
Spanish: corriente continua f
Swedish: likström (sv) c

an electric current which do not vary with time

Russian: постоя́нный ток (ru) m ‎(postojánnyj tok)

an electric circuit in which voltage and current do not vary with time

See also

alternating current