Below you will find example sentences with "alternating current". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Alternating Current in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: current
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.5 words

Words in this phrase

alternating current

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • alternating can mean: present participle and gerund of alternate Less frequent word
  • current can mean: The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

advantages of alternating current over direct 1× alternating current sensing since 1× converted to alternating current at 39 1× current citation alternating current main in 1× current in alternating current circuits 1× current or alternating current state 1× following the alternating current ac route 1× for alternating current it was 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a power supply 1× a term formerly 1× alternating current sensing 1× as a result 1× for alternating current 1× for applications requiring 1×

Common sentence endings:

direct current dc 2× alternating current circuits 1× alternating current measurements 1× alternating current source 1× alternating current state 1× alternating current systems 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

direct 16× voltage 10× power 9× transmission 5× used 3× convert 3× systems 3× using 3× may 3× rms 3× high 3× citation 2×

Related phrases

current fiscal current price current account direct current current owner current assets current liabilities current outbreak

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around current:

direct current 10× current assets 7× current liabilities 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

alphabet inc alpha particles almost overnight almost impossible almost immediately almost exclusively

Just after it in the phrase index:

alternative fuel alternative medicine alternative route alternative routes alternative version although initially

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

direct current

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "alternating current" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as advantages of alternating current over direct, alternating current sensing since, direct, voltage and power stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with current fiscal, current price, current account, direct current, current assets and current liabilities, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with alternating current

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Heaters may be energized with either alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC). (13 words)

Infrared imaging showed that the localised temperature was in a direct current or alternating current state. (16 words)

Practical resistors also have some inductance and capacitance which affect the relation between voltage and current in alternating current circuits. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

As a result, voltage for alternating current almost never refers to the voltage at a particular instant, but instead is the root mean square (RMS) voltage, which is a way of defining an effective voltage when calculating power (RMS voltage × RMS current). (42 words)

The spread of Westinghouse and other AC systems triggered a push back in late 1887 by Thomas Edison (a proponent of direct current) who attempted to discredit alternating current as too dangerous in a public campaign called the " War of Currents ". (41 words)

For alternating current it was convert, though all transmission lines in use today are substantially shorter than this. citation 4.98 MB In any alternating current transmission line, the inductance and capacitance of the conductors can be significant. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

A term formerly used for direct current was galvanic current. citation Alternating current main In alternating current (AC, also ac), the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction.

Because of the significant advantages of alternating current over direct current in transforming and transmission, electric power distribution is nearly all alternating current today.

Alternating current sensing Since the basic indicator system in either an analog or digital meter responds to DC only, a multimeter includes an AC to DC conversion circuit for making alternating current measurements.

For alternating current it was convert, though all transmission lines in use today are substantially shorter than this. citation 4.98 MB In any alternating current transmission line, the inductance and capacitance of the conductors can be significant.

For applications requiring direct current, such as third rail power systems, alternating current is distributed to a substation, which utilizes a rectifier to convert the power to direct current.

The panels will produce 180 megawatts direct current and that will be converted to alternating current at 39 kilovolts at 145 megawatts.

While Edison favours direct current (DC), which is safer (ask an electrician why), Westinghouse is following the alternating current (AC) route, which is more efficient over longer distances, but riskier.

Infrared imaging showed that the localised temperature was in a direct current or alternating current state.

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The article said that the breakthrough came when using a “medium-voltage, direct-current transmission network” rather than a system using an alternating current.

A power supply using a transformer with several windings, one or more rectifiers (which may themselves be vacuum tubes), and large filter capacitors provided the required direct current voltages from the alternating current source.

As a result, voltage for alternating current almost never refers to the voltage at a particular instant, but instead is the root mean square (RMS) voltage, which is a way of defining an effective voltage when calculating power (RMS voltage × RMS current).

Heaters may be energized with either alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC).

High-voltage direct current is used to transmit large amounts of power from remote generation sites or to interconnect alternating current power grids.

In the mid-1950s, high-voltage direct current transmission was developed, and is now an option instead of long-distance high voltage alternating current systems.

Power conversion main Schematic of basic AC-to-DC power supply Rectifiers are constructed from diodes, where they are used to convert alternating current (AC) electricity into direct current (DC).

Practical resistors also have some inductance and capacitance which affect the relation between voltage and current in alternating current circuits.

The ringer of a telephone (A7) is connected to the line through a capacitor (A6), which blocks direct current but passes the alternating current of the ringing signal.

The spread of Westinghouse and other AC systems triggered a push back in late 1887 by Thomas Edison (a proponent of direct current) who attempted to discredit alternating current as too dangerous in a public campaign called the " War of Currents ".

They may be powered by direct current (for example a battery powered portable device or motor vehicle), or by alternating current from a central electrical distribution grid.

To measure alternating current, a rectifier diode is inserted in the circuit so that the average value of current is non-zero.

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