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faradic

faradic adjective: of or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction.

Adjective

faradic (comparative more faradic, superlative most faradic)

  1. Of or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction.
  2. Of a current that is alternating, as opposed to galvanic.
    • Physicians used galvanic currents, which required only a galvanic power source, and faradic treatments, which utilized an "alternating" induction coil.2005, Carolyn Thomas de la Pena, chapter 3, in The Body Electric: How Strange Machines Built the Modern American

Synonyms of faradic

Forms of faradic

comparativemore faradic
superlativemost faradic

Origin of faradic

From Faraday + -ic, for Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist.

Words formed from faradic

Questions about faradic

What does faradic mean?
Faradic means of or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction.
What part of speech is faradic?
Faradic is an adjective.

Words near faradic in the dictionary

  1. Faraday tensors
  2. Faradayan
  3. faradays
  4. Faradian
  5. Faradians
  6. faradic
  7. faradisation
  8. faradisations
  9. faradise
  10. faradised
  11. faradiser

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