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Electricity is a rather vague word, but as it moves through a wire, it refers to current, meaning, in this case, the flow of an electric charge. That flow is carried by moving electrons, analogous to water flowing in a river. A wave is something that propagates energy through a medium, and is analogous to a wave moving up or down the river. When asking whether the electricity is a wave, the analogy remains true; the flow is not the wave.

But this is possibly not an answer to the question you intended to ask. DC, or direct current, is associated with electrical power at a constant level. The flow is in a continuous direction. AC, or alternating current, is associated with electrical power that alternates its flow, and this is associated with a wave, which is usually related to a sine function and has a frequency that is standardized according to country. The wave, in this case, is not the electricity, but a feature of it.

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