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displacement current
  جریان ِ جا-به-جایی  
jarayân-e jâ-be-jâyi (#)
Fr.: courant de déplacement  

In electromagnetism, a quantity which is not a real current (movement of charge), but has the units of current and has an associated magnetic field. The physical meaning of this displacement current is that a changing electric field makes a changing magnetic field.

See also: → displacement; → current.