alternating current

Summary

alternating current ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,640 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• alternating current's video is recorded as 22. Теслин трансформатор.ogv^[2].
• alternating current's image is recorded as Effektivwert-Sinus.svg^[3].
• alternating current's logo image is recorded as Voltage Source (AC).svg^[4].
• alternating current's GND ID is recorded as 4064931-3^[5].
• alternating current's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85041643^[6].
• alternating current's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121088640^[7].
• alternating current's subclass of is recorded as electric current^[8].
• alternating current's subclass of is recorded as periodically alternating current^[9].
• alternating current's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00566656^[10].
• alternating current's Commons category is recorded as Alternating current^[11].
• alternating current's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Tahmid-পরিবর্তী তড়িৎ প্রবাহ.wav^[12].
• alternating current's opposite of is recorded as direct current^[13].
• alternating current's opposite of is recorded as alternating voltage^[14].
• alternating current's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 21486^[15].
• alternating current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bt33^[16].
• alternating current's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph126255^[17].
• alternating current's has cause is recorded as sinusoidal signal^[18].
• alternating current's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 621.31^[19].
• alternating current's PSH ID is recorded as 2513^[20].
• alternating current's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0157756^[21].
• alternating current's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• alternating current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/alternating-current^[23].
• alternating current's used by is recorded as alternating-current circuit^[24].
• alternating current's YSO ID is recorded as 19345^[25].
• alternating current's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00000540n^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for alternating current include AC/DC^[27], a musical group^[28], founded in 1973^[29].

Why It Matters

alternating current ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,640 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include AC/DC^[27], a musical group^[28], founded in 1973^[29].