alternating current

Summary

alternating current ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,164 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• alternating current is a type of electric current^[2].
• alternating current is a type of periodically alternating current^[3].
• alternating current's Commons category is recorded as Alternating current^[4].
• alternating current is the opposite of direct current^[5].
• alternating current is the opposite of alternating voltage^[6].
• alternating current's has cause is recorded as sinusoidal signal^[7].
• alternating current's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[8].
• alternating current's used by is recorded as alternating-current circuit^[9].
• alternating current's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q110097341^[10].
• alternating current's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[11].
• alternating current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include electric current^[2] and periodically alternating current^[3]. Recorded opposite of include direct current^[5] and alternating voltage^[6].

Use and Application

alternating current's used by is recorded as alternating-current circuit^[9].

Influence

Things named for alternating current include AC/DC^[13], a musical group^[14], founded in 1973^[15].

Why It Matters

alternating current ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,164 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]

Entities named for it include AC/DC^[13], a musical group^[14], founded in 1973^[15].