alternating current
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alternating current
Summary
alternating current ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,593 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 (6,593 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]
Entities named for it include AC/DC[13], a musical group[14], founded in 1973[15].