alternating voltage
Americannoun
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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
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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
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