Electricity Vocabulary
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fuse | safety device in a circuit that melts if the current gets too high
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circuit breaker | safety device in a circuit that shuts off if the current gets too high
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short circuit | electrons flow along a path other than the path intended
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series circuit | components of a circuit are arranged one after another
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parallel circuit | components of a circuit are arranged so that the current can flow along more than one path
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resistance | the degree to which a substance opposes the flow of electrical current through it
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ohm | the measurement unit of resistance of a substance
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ohmmeter | measures resistance
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resistor | any material that can slow current flow
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current | the amount of electric charge that passes by a point in an electrical circuit in a second
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direct current | current that flows in one direction only
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alternating current | current that flows back and forth at regular intervals
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AC | alternating current
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DC | direct current
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ampere | mmeasure of amount of charge moving past a point in one second
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A | ampere
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ammeter | measures amperes
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voltmeter | measures potential
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