KnowraDisplacement currentLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Displacement current, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 2Related 3Compared with 2Electric currentCompared with: It contributes to magnetic fields without representing ordinary charge transport through matter.James Clerk MaxwellBroader topic: It completed the symmetry of the field equations and made electromagnetic waves possible.Kirchhoff's circuit lawsRelated: It resolves an apparent current-balance problem in time-varying fields, such as a charging capacitor.Ampère's circuital lawRelated: Maxwell added it to make the law consistent when electric fields change.Volumetric flow rateCompared with: Despite the word current, it is not a fluid volume transported through a cross-section.Kirchhoff's current lawRelated: Time-varying fields can complicate lumped-circuit current accounting, especially across capacitor gaps.ElectrodynamicsBroader topic: It lets changing electric fields generate magnetic fields even without conduction current.