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'''Current''' is the name for the flow of [[electron]]s in a circuit. More electrons per unit of time means a higher current. To use an analogy to water flowing in a pipe, current is like the flow of water, with higher amoutns of water corresponding to higher current.
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'''Current''' is the name for the flow of [[electron]]s in a circuit. More electrons per unit of time means a higher current.
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To use an analogy to water flowing in a pipe, current is like the flow of water, with higher amounts of water corresponding to higher current.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 17:20, 6 December 2017

Current is the name for the flow of electrons in a circuit. More electrons per unit of time means a higher current.

To use an analogy to water flowing in a pipe, current is like the flow of water, with higher amounts of water corresponding to higher current.

See also