electric current

noun Electricity.

the time rate of flow of electric charge, in the direction that a positive moving charge would take and having magnitude equal to the quantity of charge per unit time: measured in amperes.
Also called current, electricity.

Origin of electric current

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby electric current

electric cell, electric chair, electric charge, electric circuit, electric constant, electric current, electric dipole moment, electric discharge, electric displacement, electric eel, electric eye

British Dictionary definitions for electric current

electric current

noun

another name for current (def. 8)