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Electricity

A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.

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Electricity

Internal resistance (battery)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The opposition or resistance to the flow of Direct Electric Current within a cell or battery; The sum of the ionic and electronic resistance of the cell components. Its value may vary with the ...

International system of units (SI)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A universal system of units in which the following six units of measure are considered basic: meter, kilogram, second, ampere, Kelvin degree and candela.

Interrupter switch

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A switch equipped with an interrupter for making or breaking connexions under load

Interrupting medium

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The "fluid" used to interrupt the flow of electric current in a switch or circuit breaker. In high power equipment, this may be oil, insulating gas or even no material, as is the case of vacuum ...

Interrupting rating

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The rating of a device to interrupt the flow of power or current, generally applied to a circuit breaker or a switch.

Interruption

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The loss of electric service to one or more customers or other facilities. It is the result of one or more component outages.

Interruption duration

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The period from the initiation of an interruption to a customer or other facility to the time the service is restored.

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