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    Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge. An electrochemical cell is a prime example of DC power. Direct current may flow through...
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    heavier currents to be carried by the bipole conductors, and full use of the installed third conductor for energy transmission. High currents can be circulated...
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  • Direct Currents is the name of several promotional features by DC Comics, including a long-running newsletter. Direct Currents was first used as the name...
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    Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a form of neuromodulation that uses constant, low direct current delivered via electrodes on the head...
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    that alternating current was more dangerous than direct current and tried to prove this by publicly killing animals with both currents, with technical...
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    equipment. Eddy currents are electric currents that occur in conductors exposed to changing magnetic fields. Similarly, electric currents occur, particularly...
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    motor that uses direct current (DC) to produce mechanical force. The most common types rely on magnetic forces produced by currents in the coils. Nearly...
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    further current. Currents may be initially associated with the creation of static potentials, but these may be transitory and small. Eddy currents generate...
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    electromagnetic field. Although surface currents do flow on the inner walls of the waveguides, those surface currents do not carry power. Power is carried...
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  • Look up direct in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Direct may refer to: Directed set, in order theory Direct limit of (pre), sheaves Direct sum of modules...
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  • In telecommunications, a neutral direct-current telegraph system (single-current system, single-current transmission system, single-Morse system) is a...
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    alternating currents up to 1 kHz; For residual alternating currents superimposed on a smooth direct current; For residual pulsating direct currents superimposed...
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    were introduced to supply currents of multiple differing phases. Later alternators were designed for varying alternating-current frequencies between sixteen...
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  • Currents". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 6 August 2020. Official website Currents at Discogs (list of releases) Currents at...
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    Direct-current plasma (DCP) is a type of plasma source used for atomic emission spectroscopy that utilizes three electrodes to produce a plasma stream...
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    suitable only for direct current measurements, usually in the range of 10 μA to 100 mA. It is easily adapted to read heavier currents by using shunts (resistances...
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    Voltage (redirect from Volts direct current)
    alternating current (AC) there is a difference between instantaneous voltage and average voltage. Instantaneous voltages can be added for direct current (DC)...
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    More specifically, ocean currents influence the temperature of the regions through which they travel. For example, warm currents traveling along more temperate...
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  • typically used in applications requiring relatively small currents, as at higher currents the increased efficiency and smaller size of switch-mode converters...
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  • Direct-to-video (also known as straight-to-video, made-for-video, made-for-home video, direct-to-DVD, DVD premiere, and direct-to-disc) refers to the release...
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    instrument used to measure the current in a circuit. Electric currents are measured in amperes (A), hence the name. For direct measurement, the ammeter is...
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    Pulsed DC (PDC) or pulsating direct current is a periodic current which changes in value but never changes direction. Some authors use the term pulsed...
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    used in the process of converting alternating current (AC) from the input terminals to direct current (DC, i.e. fixed polarity) on the output terminals...
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    high currents and rarely induce ventricular fibrillation compared to lower currents with longer duration with both DC or AC. The amount of current can...
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  • fields. Electric currents and the magnetic moments of elementary particles give rise to a magnetic field, which acts on other currents and magnetic moments...
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    current is increased still further, other factors come into play and an arc discharge begins. The simplest type of glow discharge is a direct-current...
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    alternating currents to direct (or continuous) currents at will at one or more points; Obtain direct currents from alternating currents; Active resistances...
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    Wafae BG, da Silva RM, Veloso HH (2019). "Propofol for sedation for direct current cardioversion". Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. 22 (2): 113–121. doi:10...
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    alternating current and the use of alternators needed to produce it. After 1891, polyphase alternators were introduced to supply currents of multiple...
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    it possible to describe magnetic forces between direct currents, low-frequency alternating currents, and permanent magnets without a magnetic field....
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