What is the flow in an electric current?

Answer 1

An electric current is the flow of electric charge, carried by electrons in the conductor.

Unless, it is a conducting solution, in which case the currents may be moving ions carried by water.

Unless, it is the solar wind, in which case it is the stream of electrons and protons from the Sun carried by the vacuum of space and their own inertia.

So, just to be on the safe side, electric current is the flow of charge and it does not matter what the charge is and it does not matter whether it is in a condcutor or interstellar space as long as it is moving.

Answer 2

No term defines a flow of current.

Could you possibly be thinking of Ampere ? That's the unit that's used

to describe the magnitude of a current. It doesn't define a current.

Answer 3

In an electric current, flow refers to the movement of electrical charge (typically electrons) through a conductor. The direction of flow is conventionally considered from positive to negative, even though electrons actually move from negative to positive. Current is measured in amperes (A) and is influenced by voltage and resistance in a circuit.

Answer 4

An electric current involves movement of charged particles, such as electrons, holes, or ions.