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ALTERNATING ELECTRIC CURRENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alternating electric current mean?
• ALTERNATING ELECTRIC CURRENT (noun)
The noun ALTERNATING ELECTRIC CURRENT has 1 sense:
1. an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
Familiarity information: ALTERNATING ELECTRIC CURRENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALTERNATING ELECTRIC CURRENT (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
AC; alternating current; alternating electric current
Context example:
In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second
Hypernyms ("alternating electric current" is a kind of...):
electrical energy; electricity; power (energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor)
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