effective current

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. the magnitude of an alternating current having the same heating effect as that of a given magnitude of direct current.

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Example Sentences

The CDC said it doesn’t yet know how easily the omicron variant spreads, the severity of illness it causes or how effective current vaccines and medications are against the strain.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2021

Stocks fell on Wall Street Tuesday after the head of a major vaccine maker expressed concern about how effective current jabs will be against the new variant of the coronavirus.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2021

It is unclear how effective current vaccines may be against the new variant.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2021

He also wants the group to analyze how effective current spending on emergency shelter has been in transitioning people to permanent housing.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2014

If the contact is made at T, the current passes through 2,600 ohms, directly across the 110-volt circuit, and consequently there is no effective current flowing through the plunger Pl.

From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Benedict, Francis Gano