Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    Verschiebungsstrom

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By meaning 1
change of the electric displacement field:

Forms

plural: displacement currents

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