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    3. 直流

    直流

    直ちょく流りゅう

    direct current

    N2KMT10News #40+1Noun, ParticleTechnologyScience & MathKanji Vocab18 strokes

    ちょくりゅう

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    direct current, DC

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    直ちょく流りゅうは電でん流りゅうが一いっ方ぽう向こうに流ながれることです。

    Direct current is when electricity flows in one direction.

    KMT7Science & Math
    この機き器きは直ちょく流りゅう電でん源げんで動どう作さします。

    This device operates on DC power.

    KMT10Technology
    交こう流りゅうを直ちょく流りゅうに変へん換かんする装そう置ちを整せい流りゅう器きと呼よびます。

    A device that converts alternating current to direct current is called a rectifier.

    KMT10Science & MathTechnology
    スマートフォン充じゅう電でん器きは、家か庭てい用よう交こう流りゅう電でん源げんを直ちょく流りゅうに変へん換かんしています。

    Smartphone chargers convert household AC power to DC.

    KMT10Technology
    太たい陽よう光こう発はつ電でんは直ちょく流りゅう電でん力りょくを生せい成せいし、それを交こう流りゅうに変へん換かんして家か庭ていで使し用ようされます。

    Solar power generation produces DC electricity, which is then converted to AC for household use.

    KMT10Science & MathTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    直
    ただ.ちに・なお.す・-なお.す・なお.る・なお.き・す.ぐ…(7)
    straightaway・honesty・frankness・fix・repair
    流
    なが.れる・なが.れ・なが.す・-なが.す…(5)
    current・a sink・flow・forfeit
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