displacement current

English

Noun

displacement current (plural displacement currents)

1. (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