How to Use direct current in a Sentence
direct current
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During the night it may be connected with any source of direct current to be recharged.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
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The fastest speed, direct current fast charging equipment, um, that can get up to 80% in 20 minutes to an hour.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
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Some of the fastest, known as direct current chargers, can charge a battery up to 80 percent in 20 minutes to an hour.
—Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022
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The rest is for the DC fast chargers, or direct current chargers, which can power up a car with more than 80 miles of range in just a half-hour.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2021
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Level three, also known as direct current fast chargers (DCFC), is all in the name.
—Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2021
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There was one big problem with Edison’s plan to wire cities: His patents relied on direct current.
—Sam Kean, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2021
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The Lown device, called a cardioverter, used direct current and precise timing to avoid the danger points.
—New York Times, 16 Feb. 2021
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Consider the return of the direct current (DC) standard.
—Mike Hughes, Forbes, 14 June 2021
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When the solar panel collects sunlight, it is absorbed as a direct current or DC.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
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There are some losses transmitting the power to the part where the microwave power is turned into a direct current power.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2018
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Within seconds of bringing a fish to the surface, the crew moves it to a stun table that renders the animal unconscious with about 10 volts of direct current.
—Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
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The funding is to install up to 38 more direct current (DC) fast charging stations in public places along certain sections of highways outside the Twin Cities.
—Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
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That will be the world’s longest undersea high voltage direct current cable.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2022
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Level 3 fast chargers send direct current straight to the battery at a much higher wattage, allowing a capable EV to recharge in less than 30 minutes.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
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This generates an electric field that escorts the waves through the circuit as a direct current, which may then power electrical devices.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2020
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In a motor using direct current, which comes from a battery, the switching is done with a commutator, a type of mechanical switch.
—The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
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This is then converted into direct current by a rectifier, and is used to top up the vehicle’s battery.
—The Economist, 28 Oct. 2017
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Direct Connect is planning to break ground in the next year or so on a high-voltage direct current transmission line that will bring wind and solar energy across the Upper Midwest.
—Gregory Krieg, Laura Dolan and Jason Carroll, CNN, 10 June 2021
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However, Earth's currents are driven by direct currents, whereas Jupiter's are not.
—Fox News, 17 July 2019
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People seem to be less happy with level two chargers, which will refill EVs at a slower rate than a dedicated DC (direct current) fast charger.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2022
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The original plan called for the construction of two transmission lines, one alternating current and one direct current.
—Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
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To avoid large losses of power over long distances, the electricity must be converted from alternating current to direct current, and then back again at the other end.
—New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
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The electricity that comes out of a wall outlet is an alternating current (AC) and needs to be converted to direct current (DC) to operate your devices.
—David Kender, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2019
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Tesla has more direct current fast-charging plugs in the U.S. than any other network, and its stations are in prime locations along freeway travel corridors.
—Tom Krisher, Fortune, 20 June 2023
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As the pendulum swings back and forth with the animal’s movement, the ring creates an alternating current in the coil—and a voltage-doubling circuit transforms it into direct current.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
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What if alternating-current inventor Nikola Tesla came forward in time and discovered that the cars named for him run on direct current?
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
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The night before the event, the organizers realized that the hotel's electric supply was direct current and the ranges required alternating current.
—Judy Buchenot, Naperville Sun, 13 July 2018
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When someone plugs in a car to charge it, alternating current (AC) power is converted into direct current voltage, which is stored inside the car’s battery.
—Aarian Marshall Matt Simon, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2022
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Tesla has more direct current fast-charging plugs in the United States than any other network, and its stations are in prime locations along freeway travel corridors.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
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And in a place like Antarctica, the goal of his experiment—providing efficient heat from direct current electricity—was both important and difficult.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2023
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