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Meanings of ac current in English

Russian
переменный электрический ток
Portuguese
corrente alterna
Spanish
corriente alterna
Catalan
corrent alterna
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Electric voltage which periodically reverses direction; form in which electric power is delivered to businesses and residences; form of electrical energy that consumers typically use when they plug electric appliances into a wall socket.

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переменный электрический ток
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Examples for "ac"
Examples for "ac"
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The flagship deal of the year undoubtedly was Westport House on 455ac.
Independent.ie
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Although deaths of children due to drowning in Bangladesh are ac …
Pubmed
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These include a 24ac residential farm with a modern bungalow and garage.
Independent.ie
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Beginning to end, it took us 33 months to implement the system ac
Reuters
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The second parcel includes the 26ac portion along with cattle-handling facilities.
Independent.ie
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The alternating current is supposed to be more fatal than the continuous.
Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
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There are various methods of producing the alternating current for transmission purposes.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898
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What were they doing with an alternating current in the storage-battery room?
The Man Who Rocked the Earth
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Kirilian photography, which employs a high-voltage alternating current energy field bet.
The new yorker
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An alternating current pumping through the rails propels the train toward its destination.
Wired
Usage of ac current in English
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The overhead lights dimmed noticeably as he drew power from the house's AC current.
Hollow World
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In the end, however, most of those devices convert the AC current back to DC.
Wired
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All injuries were caused by AC current; seven were low voltage, and 11 high voltage injuries.
Pubmed
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The DC current generated by the fuel cell stack is fed into an inverter, which converts it to AC current.
Wired
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Topsy's owners wanted her killed, so they turned to Thomas Edison, who was trying to show the dangers of AC current.
Leaving Time
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Edison would force dogs and cats to stand on steel plates energized by AC current and then throw a switch, electrocuting them.
The fantastic inventions of Nikola Tesla
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Today's power adapters typically convert AC current from a wall outlet to a single DC current that can be fed to your device.
Wired