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effective current [1 record]

Record 1 1977-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

The value of an alternating or otherwise variable current that would result in the same heat production in a circuit as that of a direct current in the same length of time : the square root of the means of the squares of the instantaneous values of an alternating current.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

(d'un courant alternatif): intensité du courant continu qui produirait le même dégagement de chaleur dans le même conducteur.

Spanish

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