direct current

Summary

direct current ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (522 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• direct current is a type of electric current^[2].
• direct current's Commons category is recorded as Direct current^[3].
• direct current is the opposite of alternating current^[4].
• direct current's Unicode character is recorded as ⎓^[5].
• direct current's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[6].
• direct current's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6^[7].
• direct current's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q110096513^[8].
• direct current's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[9].

Body

Definition and Type

direct current is a type of electric current^[2]. It is the opposite of alternating current^[4].

Influence

Things named for direct current include AC/DC^[10], a musical group^[11], founded in 1973^[12].

Why It Matters

direct current ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (522 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[13] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[14]

Entities named for it include AC/DC^[10], a musical group^[11], founded in 1973^[12].