Current is charge derivative¶
The instantaneous electric current, or simply the electric current, is a physical quantity defined as the time derivative of the flowing charge.
Links:
- Symbol:
t
- Latex:
\(t\)
- Dimension:
time
- Symbol:
I(t)
- Latex:
\(I{\left(t \right)}\)
- Dimension:
current
- Symbol:
q(t)
- Latex:
\(q{\left(t \right)}\)
- Dimension:
charge
- definition¶
I(t) = Derivative(q(t), t)
- Latex:
- \[I{\left(t \right)} = \frac{d}{d t} q{\left(t \right)}\]