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suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Current is defined as the flow of positive charge. The fact that electrons, which are negatively charged, actually flow the opposite direction is irrelevant. The diagrams are still correct per the definition of current.

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Viceversa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Current is defined as the flow of positive charge.

No.

electric current, any movement of electric charge carriers, such as subatomic charged particles (e.g., electrons having negative charge, protons having positive charge), ions (atoms that have lost or gained one or more electrons), or holes (electron deficiencies that may be thought of as positive particles).

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- suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  If you read a little lower in the wikipedia page:
  
  The conventional direction of current, also known as conventional current,[10][11] is arbitrarily defined as the direction in which positive charges flow.
  
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  - Viceversa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I was addressing a different part of your comment.
    
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