Stromabhängiger

Stromabhängiger is a German adjective meaning dependent on electric current. The term is formed from Strom (electric current) and abhängig (dependent). In technical usage, it describes systems, components, or phenomena whose behavior or operation varies with the magnitude of the electrical current. While the adjective form stromabhängig is common, the noun-like form Stromabhängiger is rare and usually not preferred in technical writing; instead stromabhängiges System or stromabhängige Eigenschaften are typical expressions.

In electronics and electrical engineering, stromabhängige Eigenschaften are those whose values change as the current changes. This includes devices whose conductance, resistance, or switching behavior depends on the current flowing through them. The concept is distinguished from spannungsabhängigkeit (voltage dependence), where the relevant parameter varies with voltage rather than current. Applications and discussions often use phrases like stromabhängige Bauteile or stromabhängige Kennlinien to describe nonlinear or current-driven behavior.

In biology and biophysics, stromabhängig can describe processes influenced by ionic currents across membranes, such as nerve impulses or muscle excitation. Here, deriving currents through ion channels play a central role, and terminology emphasizes how current magnitude and dynamics affect cellular activity.

Overall, stromabhängiger is a descriptive term used across disciplines to denote current-driven or current-influenced behavior. Its precise meaning depends on context, with electronics focusing on device characteristics as a function of current and biology focusing on cellular processes governed by ionic currents.

See also: Strom (electric current), Spannung (voltage), Stromquelle, Spannungsquelle, I–V-Kennlinie, nichtlineare Bauelemente.