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  2. Current density - Wikipedia

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    In electromagnetism, current density is the amount of charge per unit time that flows through a unit area of a chosen cross section. [1] The current density vector is defined as a vector whose magnitude is the electric current per cross-sectional area at a given point in space, its direction being that of the motion of the positive charges at this point.

  3. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

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    Change of jounce per unit time: the fifth time derivative of position m/s 5: L T −5: vector Current density: J →: Electric current per unit cross-section area A/m 2: L −2 I: conserved, intensive, vector Electric dipole moment: p: Measure of the separation of equal and opposite electric charges C⋅m L T I: vector Electric displacement ...

  4. Physical quantity - Wikipedia

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    For spatial density, current, current density and flux, the notations are common from one context to another, differing only by a change in subscripts. For current density, t ^ {\displaystyle \mathbf {\hat {t}} } is a unit vector in the direction of flow, i.e. tangent to a flowline.

  5. Scalar (physics) - Wikipedia

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    A scalar in physics and other areas of science is also a scalar in mathematics, as an element of a mathematical field used to define a vector space.For example, the magnitude (or length) of an electric field vector is calculated as the square root of its absolute square (the inner product of the electric field with itself); so, the inner product's result is an element of the mathematical field ...

  6. Sources and sinks - Wikipedia

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    where this time is the charge density, is the current density vector, and is the current source-sink term. The current source and current sinks are where the current density emerges σ > 0 {\displaystyle \sigma >0} or vanishes σ < 0 {\displaystyle \sigma <0} , respectively (for example, the source and sink can represent the two poles of an ...

  7. Four-current - Wikipedia

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    In special and general relativity, the four-current (technically the four-current density) [1] is the four-dimensional analogue of the current density, with units of charge per unit time per unit area. Also known as vector current, it is used in the geometric context of four-dimensional spacetime, rather than separating time from three ...

  8. Mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field

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    The most common description of the electromagnetic field uses two three-dimensional vector fields called the electric field and the magnetic field.These vector fields each have a value defined at every point of space and time and are thus often regarded as functions of the space and time coordinates.

  9. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    It refers to the angular displacement per unit time (e.g. in rotation) or the rate of change of the phase of a sinusoidal waveform (e.g. in oscillations and waves), or as the rate of change of the argument of the sine function. Angular frequency (or angular speed) is the magnitude of the vector quantity that is angular velocity.