Alternating Voltage and Current

Morris, Noel M.

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Noel M. Morris²

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An alternating quantity is one which periodically alters its polarity or ‘direction’, having positive polarity during one part of its cycle and negative polarity in the remainder.

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Morris, N.M. (1977). Alternating Voltage and Current. In: Electrical Principles II. Macmillan Technician Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03426-0_6

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