ALTERNATING CURRENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)