alternating electric current

1. 1.

   an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally

   “In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second”

   Synonymsalternating currentAC

   Broaderelectricity

Questions about alternating electric current

What does alternating electric current mean?

alternating electric current means "an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally".

What is another word for alternating electric current?

Close synonyms include alternating current, AC. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.