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alternating voltage

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noun

Electricity.
  1. a voltage that reverses direction in regular cycles.


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To better understand how these effects evolve over time, the scientists applied alternating voltage signals to the nanopores.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

A synchrotron is a version of a cyclotron in which the frequency of the alternating voltage and the magnetic field strength are increased as the beam particles are accelerated.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Thus, if an external alternating voltage were applied, the large molecule would act as a rectifier.

From Time Magazine Archive

An induction coil in an alternating circuit for changing potential difference, such as high alternating voltage into low direct current voltage.

From Electricity for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough

I want to wait until you have seen what the crystal does when an alternating voltage is applied to it.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John