Below you will find example sentences with "direct current". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Direct Current in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: current
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.5 words

Words in this phrase

direct current

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • direct can mean: Proceeding without deviation or interruption. Frequent word
  • current can mean: The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

180 megawatts direct current and that 1× a pulsating direct current is a 1× ac or direct current dc 1× alternating or direct current 1× applications requiring direct current such as 1× as transcranial direct current stimulation tdcs 1× current or direct current require more 1× current over direct current in transforming 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a power supply 1× a term formerly 1× for applications requiring 1× heaters may be 1× high voltage direct 1× however if direct 1×

Common sentence endings:

direct current dc 2× additional current required 1× alternating current source 1× alternating current state 1× alternating current systems 1× alternating current today 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

alternating 16× power 9× voltage 6× high 5× used 4× electric 4× type 3× transmission 3× systems 2× convert 2× citation 2× main 2×

Related phrases

current fiscal current price current account direct sum direct product alternating current current owner current assets current liabilities current outbreak

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around current:

alternating current 9× current assets 7× current liabilities 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

dire consequences diplomatic ties diplomatic relations diplomatic missions diplomatic mission diplomatic immunity

Just after it in the phrase index:

direct flights direct knowledge direct product direct sequel direct sum directly affects

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

direct sum direct product direct flights direct knowledge direct sequel

Same ending:

alternating current

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "direct current" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 24.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 180 megawatts direct current and that, a pulsating direct current is a, alternating, power and voltage stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with current fiscal, current price, current account, alternating current, current assets and current liabilities, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with direct current

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

See also portal * Electric current * High-voltage direct current power transmission. (11 words)

Heaters may be energized with either alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC). (13 words)

It produces very high voltage direct current (DC) electricity at low current levels. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The moving-iron meter was invented by Austrian engineer Friedrich Drexler in 1884. citation This type of meter responds to both direct and alternating currents (as opposed to the moving-coil ammeter, which works on direct current only). (38 words)

The non-invasive therapy, known as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), is designed to stimulate areas of the brain linked to mood regulation, and delivers a painless, weak electrical current through electrodes placed on the scalp. (36 words)

A power supply using a transformer with several windings, one or more rectifiers (which may themselves be vacuum tubes), and large filter capacitors provided the required direct current voltages from the alternating current source. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

For applications requiring direct current, such as third rail power systems, alternating current is distributed to a substation, which utilizes a rectifier to convert the power to direct current.

A term formerly used for direct current was galvanic current. citation Alternating current main In alternating current (AC, also ac), the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction.

Types of electric currents A pulsating direct current is a type of Direct Current (DC) that changes in value over short periods of time.

Because of the significant advantages of alternating current over direct current in transforming and transmission, electric power distribution is nearly all alternating current today.

Types to measure AC current use the transformer principle; clamp-on meters to measure small current or direct current require more complicated sensors.

The moving-iron meter was invented by Austrian engineer Friedrich Drexler in 1884. citation This type of meter responds to both direct and alternating currents (as opposed to the moving-coil ammeter, which works on direct current only).

That current, which starts as direct current, is switched to alternating by the solar system's inverter.

The non-invasive therapy, known as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), is designed to stimulate areas of the brain linked to mood regulation, and delivers a painless, weak electrical current through electrodes placed on the scalp.

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The panels will produce 180 megawatts direct current and that will be converted to alternating current at 39 kilovolts at 145 megawatts.

While Edison favours direct current (DC), which is safer (ask an electrician why), Westinghouse is following the alternating current (AC) route, which is more efficient over longer distances, but riskier.

Infrared imaging showed that the localised temperature was in a direct current or alternating current state.

A power supply using a transformer with several windings, one or more rectifiers (which may themselves be vacuum tubes), and large filter capacitors provided the required direct current voltages from the alternating current source.

Heaters may be energized with either alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC).

High-voltage direct current is used to transmit large amounts of power from remote generation sites or to interconnect alternating current power grids.

However, if direct current is used, the cable capacitance is charged only when the cable is first energized or if the voltage level changes; there is no additional current required.

In the mid-1950s, high-voltage direct current transmission was developed, and is now an option instead of long-distance high voltage alternating current systems.

It produces very high voltage direct current (DC) electricity at low current levels.

Meters of this type draw negligible current but are sensitive to voltages over about 100 volts and work with either alternating or direct current.

Power conversion main Schematic of basic AC-to-DC power supply Rectifiers are constructed from diodes, where they are used to convert alternating current (AC) electricity into direct current (DC).

See also portal * Electric current * High-voltage direct current power transmission.

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