Chapter Seven
ALTERNATING
CURRENT
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The phrases ac voltage and ac current are contradictory and redundant,
respectively, since they mean, literally, alternating current voltage and alternating
current current Still, the abbreviation ac to designate an electrical quantity
displaying simple harmonic time dependance has become so universally accepted
that we follow others in its use Further, voltage – another phrase commonly
used means potential difference between two points Rationalised 2023-24
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NICOLA TESLA (1856 – 1943)
Nicola Tesla  (1856 –
1943) Serbian-American
scientist, inventor and
genius