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    ALTERNATING CURRENT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An electric current that reverses direction sinusoidallyplay

    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)

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