ALTERNATING ELECTRIC CURRENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 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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