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Alternating Current Circuits

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alternating current
noun
electric current that reverses direction at regular intervals
alternating voltage
noun
voltage that reverses direction in regular cycles
capacitive reactance
noun
opposition of capacitance to alternating current
capacitive time constant
noun
time taken for charge to decay to 1 over the natural logarithm of its initial value
effective value
noun
root mean square value
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impedance
noun
total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit
in phase
noun
when voltage and current reach maximum values at the same time
inductive reactance
noun
opposition of inductance to alternating current
inductive time constant
time taken for current to reach maximum value
ohm
noun
unit of electrical resistance
reactance
noun
opposition of inductance and capacitance to alternating current
resistor-capacitor circuits
noun
electric circuit comprised of resistors and capacitors driven by voltage or current source
resistor-inductance circuits
noun
electric circuit comprised by resistor and inductor driven by a voltage source
resistor-inductor-capacitor circuit
noun
electric circuit with resistor, inductor, capacitor and ac generator
root mean square
noun
square root of arithmetic mean of squares of the numbers in given set of numbers

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