MCQ
The displacement current was first populated by.
  • A
    Maxwell
  • B
    Marconi
  • C
    Ampere
  • D
    Hertz

Answer

  1. Maxwell

Explanation:

In electromagnetism, displacement current is a quantity appearing in Maxwell's equations that is defined in terms of the rate of change of electric displacement field.

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