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current, electric

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current, electric, net movement or flow of electric charge from one point to another or across some boundary. See alternating current alternating current, abbr. AC, a flow of electric charge that undergoes periodic reverses in direction. In North America ordinary household current alternates at a frequency of 60 times per second. See electricity ; generator .
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; direct current direct current, abbr. DC, a movement of electric charge across an arbitrarily defined surface in one direction only. See electricity ; generator .
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; electricity electricity, class of phenomena arising from the existence of charge . The basic unit of charge is that on the proton or electron —the proton's charge is designated as positive while the electron's is negative.
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