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Andy_Taiwanese
In the first image, first line in the last paragraph.
If carriers move with an average velocity component Vd in the x direction(along the wire), the displacement they experience in this direction in a time interval delta t is delta x = Vd * delta t. The speed Vd of the charge carrier along the wire is an average speed called the drift speed.
The first sentence define that carriers move with an average velocity component Vd in the x direction(in fact, carriers also move with an average velocity component in the y direction). The second sentence states that the "speed" Vd of the charge carrier along the wire is an average speed called the drift speed(speed is the total distance divided by time, that is, it also include the average component in the y direction).
I may want to ask that is my interpretation correct?
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