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ELECTRIC CURRENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electric current mean?
• ELECTRIC CURRENT (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC CURRENT has 1 sense:
1. a flow of electricity through a conductor
Familiarity information: ELECTRIC CURRENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flow of electricity through a conductor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
current; electric current
Context example:
the current was measured in amperes
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
The electric current passes through an electrode that is placed on or near the tissue.
(Electrocautery, NCI Dictionary)
The drying of tissue by a high-frequency electric current applied with a needle-shaped electrode.
(Electrodesiccation, NCI Dictionary)
The administration of electric current to correct abnormal heart rhythm.
(Electric Cardioversion, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
The heat may come from electric currents, microwaves, radio waves, or ultrasound.
(Diathermy, NCI Dictionary)
An electronic device designed to record the electric currents of a beating heart, as part of a larger device.
(EKG or ECG Device Subassembly Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
A laboratory technique that uses an electric current to separate substances, such as proteins or nucleic acids.
(Electrophoresis, NCI Dictionary)
A procedure that uses an electric current to cut, remove, or destroy tissue and control bleeding.
(Electrosurgery, NCI Dictionary)
Administration by means of an electric current where ions of soluble salts migrate into the tissues of the body.
(Iontophoresis Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)
The needle may be twirled, moved up and down at different speeds and depths, heated, or charged with a low electric current.
(Needling, NCI Dictionary)
This system defines units to measure length, time, mass, electric current, temperature, light intensity, and the amount of a substance.
(International Unit, NCI Dictionary)
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