Usually means: Electric current flows in one direction.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. direct current: Merriam-Webster
  2. direct current: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. direct current: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. direct current: Collins English Dictionary
  5. direct current: Vocabulary.com
  6. direct-current, direct current: Wordnik
  7. direct current: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. direct-current, direct current: Wiktionary
  9. direct current: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. direct current: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. direct-current, direct current: Dictionary.com
  12. Direct Current, Direct-current, Direct current: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. direct current: Rhymezone
  14. direct current: FreeDictionary.org
  15. direct current: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. direct current: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. direct current: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

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  2. direct current: Legal dictionary
  3. direct current: Financial dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. direct current: CCI Computer
  2. Direct-current, direct current: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. direct current: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Direct-current, direct current: Medical dictionary

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  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Direct Current: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. direct current: Electronics
  2. direct current: Glossary of Related Solar Power Terms
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  6. Direct Current (dc): Data Acquisition
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  8. DIRECT CURRENT: Power Engineering
  9. Electrical Engineering Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (direct current)

noun:  (physics) An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.
noun:  (physics) A constant electric current.

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