Physics GCSE
Current
What Current means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Current
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Reference: OCR
The rate of flow of charge, measured in amperes (A), where one ampere is one coulomb per second.
The current in the conductor, one of the three things the size of the force depends on.
The rate of charge flow, measured in amperes (A).
A rate of flow of charge, carried by electrons.
The rate of flow of electrical charge. Measured in Amperes (A).
Topics that use Current
- Fleming's left-hand rule (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
- Series and parallel circuits (OCR GCSE)
- Simple circuits (OCR GCSE)
- Static and charge (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- parallel circuit
- Resistance
- Standard circuit symbols
- Using and rearranging equations
- attraction and repulsion
- Cell polarity conventions
- Charge carriers and transfer of electrons
- charge flow
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