alternating currentin a sentence
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Nikola Tesla's alternating current proved a better solution than Thomas Edison's direct current.
alternating current = an electric current that flows back and forth, changing directions rapidly
- Pete's natural state of mind was an alternating current of elated certainty and angry disappointment.† (source)
- The lamps that laced every building and walkway produced the most elaborate demonstration of electric illumination ever attempted and the first large-scale test of alternating current.† (source)
- Destroyed by order of the court, enforced by the transmission of high-voltage alternating current through the lobes of his brain.† (source)
- Every house has scores of incandescent bulbs powered by alternating current, both of which first proved themselves worthy of large-scale use at the fair; and nearly every town of any size has its little bit of ancient Rome, some beloved and be-columned bank, library or post office.† (source)
- On the other side was Westinghouse Electric Company, with a bid to wire Jackson Park for alternating current, using patents that its founder, George Westinghouse, had acquired a few years earlier from Nikola Tesla.† (source)