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ALTERNATING CURRENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
Example:
In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second
Synonyms:
AC; alternating current; alternating electric current
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("alternating current" is a kind of...):
electrical energy; electricity; power (energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor)
Antonym:
direct current (an electric current that flows in one direction steadily)
