Physics GCSE
Direct Current (DC)
What Direct Current (DC) means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Direct Current (DC)
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Reference: AQA
An electric current that flows in one direction only. Supplied by batteries and cells.
Topics that use Direct Current (DC)
- Direct and alternating potential difference (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- 230 V supply
- alternating current
- alternating potential difference
- earth wire
- Live wire
- neutral wire
- oscilloscope trace
- Alternating Current (AC)
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