Electricity

Electricity

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

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conversion coefficient

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The relationship of the value of the measured to the corresponding value of the output.

coordination

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Relating to the protection of the power system, the process of coordinating the fuse, breakers and reclosers of a system so to allow the downstream devices to operate first.

copolymer

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Chains of unlike molecules that are chemically bonded together

core balance current transformer

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A ring-type current transformer in which all primary conductors are passed through the aperture making any secondary current proportional to any imbalance in current.

core loss

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Power loss in a transformer due to excitation of the magnetic circuit (core). No load losses are present at all times when the transformer has voltage applied. No load losses vary based on the ...

corona discharge

Electrical equipment; Electricity

An electrical discharge at the surface of a conductor accompanied by the ionization of the surrounding atmosphere. It is normally accompanied by light and audible noise.

coulomb

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A unit of electric charge in SI units (International System of Units). A Coulomb is the quantity of electric charge that passes any crossection of a conductor in one second when the current is ...