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Alternating current Common

Alternating current has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally

"In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"

2

An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically, such as sawtooth, sinusoidal or square wave current.

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Antonyms
DC
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
electricity
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