displacement current

Noun

 * 1)  The direction and rate of change of the electric displacement field at a given point of space and time. It can be expressed as a vector.
 * When a capacitor is charging, a current flows into one of its two plates, a displacement current flows from that plate to its other plate, and a current flows out of that other plate.

Translations

 * Catalan: corrent de desplaçament
 * French: courant de déplacement
 * German: Verschiebungsstrom
 * Italian: corrente di spostamento
 * Portuguese: corrente de deslocamento
 * Spanish: corriente de desplazamiento