alternating current
Noun
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Noun
alternating current (abbreviated as AC)
- (physics) An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically, such as sawtooth, sinusoidal or square wave current.
- (physics) An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically by a sinusoidal law, hence having an average of zero, with positive and negative values (with a frequency of 50 Hz in Europe, 60 Hz in the US, 400 Hz for airport lighting, and some others); especially such a current produced by a rotating generator or alternator.
- French: courant alternatif
- German: Wechselstrom
- Portuguese: corrente alternada
- Russian: знакопереме́нный ток
- Spanish: corriente alterna
- Russian: синусоидальный ток
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