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What does direct current mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word direct current? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. an electric current in which the electrons flow in one direction, but may vary with time
  2. an electric current which does not vary with time
  3. an electric circuit in which voltage and current do not vary with time
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The wind plant captures and transforms wind energy into direct current electricity.
The inverter changes the solar direct current into the alternating current used by most household appliances.
An integral inverter changes the direct current to alternating current for transmission into the facility's electrical distribution systems.
Its one-directional conduction gave it the ability to convert alternating current into direct current.
They connect only through tie lines where power must be converted from alternating current to direct current and back again.
A circuit arrangement for supplying a discharge lamp with a direct current includes input terminals for connection to a supply voltage source.

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