Edison's inventions using DC ultimately lost to AC devices proposed by others: primarily Tesla's polyphase systems, and also other contributors, such as Charles Proteus Steinmetz (of General Electric). With the financial backing of George Westinghouse, Tesla's AC replaced DC, enormously extending the range and improving the safety and efficiency of power distribution. Tesla's Niagara Falls system marked the end of Edison's roadmap for electrical transmission. Eventually, Edison's General E ...

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War of Currents, War of Currents - Electric power transmission, War of Currents - AC vs. DC, War of Currents - Niagara Falls, War of Currents - Edison's propaganda, War of Currents - Westinghouse the condemned, War of Currents - The Falls to Buffalo, War of Currents - Outcome, War of Currents - Recent innovations

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Definition and meaning of equatorial current:

equatorial current - an ocean current which flows westerly near the equator. There are two such currents in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The one to the north of the equator is called the North Equatorial Current and the one to the south is called the South Equatorial Current. The easterly flowing Equatorial Countercurrent lies between the Equatorial Currents

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Definition and meaning of Antilles Current:

Antilles Current - one of the currents of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre flowing along the northern side of the Greater Antilles. Its water is supplied from the northern branch of the North Equatorial Current, drawn mainly from the Gulf Stream recirculation. The Antilles Current merges with the Florida Current east of the Straits of Florida

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Definition and meaning of counter current:

counter current - a secondary current flowing in a direction opposite to that of the main current

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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The ACC connects the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean basins and as such serves as a principal pathway of exchange between these basins. The current is strongly constrained by topographic features. Starting at South America, it flows through the Drake Passage between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula and then is split by the Scotia Arc to the east, with a shallow warm branch flowing to the north in the Falklands Current and a deeper branch passing through the Arc more to the east before also turning to the north. Passing through th ...

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Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Antarctic Circumpolar Current - Structure of the Circumpolar Current, Antarctic Circumpolar Current - Dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

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Telluric currents are induced in the Earth's crust and mantle by changes in the outer part of the Earth's magnetic field, which are usually caused by interactions between the solar wind and the ionosphere. They also result from thunderstorms. The electric potential on the Earth's surface can be measured at different points, enabling us to calculate the magnitudes and directions of the telluric currents and thence the Earth's conductance. Electric potential gradients caused by telluric curre ...

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Telluric current, Telluric current - Description, Telluric current - Patents, Telluric current - Patents, Telluric current - Reference

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*current* is a national issues magazine that covers America's youth. Most reporting happens on college campuses, and *current* is dedicated to expressing the student voice on both campus and national issues. It draws student journalists from all across the nation and distributes through a network of campuses. Some magazines are also just floating around in bookstores, etc. *current* is for students, by students. The editorial content is chosen and generated entirely by students and aims to accurately reflect the college experience. All ...

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Maxwell interpreted the displacement current as a real motion of charges, even in a vacuum, where he supposed that it corresponded to motion of dipole charges in the ether. Although this interpretation has been abandoned, Maxwell's correction to Ampere's law remains valid (a changing electric field produces a magnetic field). With the addition of the displacement current, Maxwell concluded that light was a form of electromagnetism (see El ...

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Displacement current, Displacement current - Explanation, Displacement current - Mathematical Necessity, Displacement current - Interpretation, Displacement current - More recent developments

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Definition and meaning of account current :

account current: An account current is the billing statement an insurance company sends to its producer.

(Source: Bank of America )

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Definition and meaning of offshore current:

offshore current - any current flowing away from shore

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Definition and meaning of Florida Current:

Florida Current - the segment of current between the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current and the Gulf Stream, from the Dry Tortugas to the southeastern tip of Florida, and confined by the 250 meter and 500 meter isobaths

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Definition and meaning of longshore current:

longshore current - a current that flows parallel to the shore just inside the surf zone. It is also called the littoral current

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Definition and meaning of turbidity current:

turbidity current - a current of of rapidly moving, sediment-laden water moving down a slope through air, water, or another fluid. The current moves because it has a higher density and turbidity than the fluid through which it flows

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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The displacement current density is mathematically defined by the rate of change of the electric displacement field, D: (since D = εE) where the permittivity ε = ε0 εr, εr is the relative permittivity of the dielectric and ε0 is the permittivity of free space ( 8.854 E-12 Fm-1) It should be noted that the polarisation of the dielectric due to the electric field is accounted for in this equ ...

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Displacement current, Displacement current - Explanation, Displacement current - Mathematical Necessity, Displacement current - Interpretation, Displacement current - More recent developments

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The items in the current account (e.g. perhaps especially imports and exports of goods) are sensitive to international price differentials (the differences between the prices of goods in different countries), to the rise and decline of industries (e.g the emergence of the Japanese automobile industry 20 years ago, and the decline of the US steel industry at the same time), and to differential economic growth rates (e.g. with a country being likely to experience a deteriorating current account ...

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Current account, Current account - Key drivers of the current account, Current account - Structural influences on the BOP and the current account, Current account - Other Usages

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Definition and meaning of convection current:

convection current - a movement of air or water caused by changes in density or thermal gradients

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Definition and meaning of geostrophic current:

geostrophic current - a flow that sustains a balance between Coriolis deflection and a pressure gradient

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Definition and meaning of boundary current:

boundary current - a large-scale water stream in the upper ocean which separates water masses

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Definition and meaning of tidal current:

tidal current - a horizontal movement of the water caused by gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Ohm's law predicts the current in an (ideal) resistor (or other ohmic device) to be the quotient of applied voltage over electrical resistance: where I is the current, measured in amperes V is the potential difference measured in volts R is the resistance measured in ohms ...

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Current electricity, Current electricity - Relation between current and charge, Current electricity - Conventional current, Current electricity - The speed of an electric current, Current electricity - Current density, Current electricity - Electromagnetism, Current electricity - Ohm's law, Current electricity - Electrical safety

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Ohm's law predicts the current in an (ideal) resistor (or other ohmic device) to be the quotient of applied voltage over electrical resistance: where I is the current, measured in amperes V is the potential difference measured in volts R is the resistance measured in ohms ...

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Electric current, Electric current - Relation between current and charge, Electric current - Conventional current, Electric current - The drift speed of an electric current, Electric current - Current density, Electric current - Electromagnetism, Electric current - Ohm's law, Electric current - Electrical safety

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Ohm's law predicts the current in an (ideal) resistor (or other ohmic device) to be the quotient of applied voltage over electrical resistance: where I is the current, measured in amperes V is the potential difference measured in volts R is the resistance measured in ohms ...

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Current electricity, Current electricity - Relation between current and charge, Current electricity - Conventional current, Current electricity - The drift speed of an electric current, Current electricity - Current density, Current electricity - Electromagnetism, Current electricity - Ohm's law, Current electricity - Electrical safety

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