Electricity -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Electricity

The flow of an electric current, usually in a wire or other solid conductor, but possibly in a plasma or other conducting medium. The energy in electricity can be converted into other forms and thus used to do mechanical work. The amount of charge passing a given point per unit time from electric flow is called the current, while the energy per unit charge of the flow is called the voltage (or electric potential).

A configuration of components through which electricity is made to flow is called an electric circuit.

Current, Electric Circuit, Electrical Conductance, Electrical Conductivity, Electrical Conductor, Magnetism


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