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Conventional current is _________ to electronic current.


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  1. Conventionally, the direction of the movement of positive charge was considered as the direction of the current.
  2. But with the discovery of the electron, we now know that the movement of electrons is the main cause of the flow of current.
  3. Hence, the direction of flow of current is opposite to that of the direction of flow of electrons.

So, conventional current is opposite of electronic current.


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