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Electricity
Term | Definition |
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Electricity | The set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and flow of electric charge. |
Electric Current | A flow of electric charge |
Static electricity | An imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material |
Series Circuit | A closed circuit where there is only one path from the source through all of the loads and back to the source |
Parallel Circuit | A closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit |
Electric circuit | A path in which electrons from a voltage or current source flow |
Power Source | An electronic device that supplies electric energy |
Load | A portion of a circuit that consumes electric power |
Switch | A device used to break or open an electric circuit or to divert current from one conductor to another. |
Resistor | An electrical component that limits or regulates the flow of electrical current in an electronic circuit |
Watts | The energy consumption rate of one joule per second. |
Amperes (amps) | The amount of current that flows in a circuit at the rate of one coulomb per second |
Ohms | A resistance between two points of a conductor. |
Conductor | A material through which electric current can pass. |
Insulator | A substance that does not readily conduct electricity |
Generator | A device that produces electric current, usually by rotating a conductor in a magnetic field, thereby generating current through electromagnetic induction |
Transformer | An electrical device that transfers energy between two or more circuits through electromagnetic induction |
Electric Field | A region around a charged particle or object within which a force would be exerted on other charged particles or objects |