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triac

triac noun: a three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor.

Noun (1)

triac (plural triacs)

  1. A three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor.

Noun (2) capitalized: TRIAC

TRIAC (plural TRIACs)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of triac.

Forms of triac

pluraltriacs
alternative formTRIAC
pluralTRIACs

Origin of triac

Short for triode for alternating current.

Questions about triac

What does triac mean?
Triac means a three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor.
What part of speech is triac?
Triac is a noun.
What is the plural of triac?
The plural of triac is triacs.

Words near triac in the dictionary

  1. triable
  2. triableness
  3. triabodies
  4. triabody
  5. Triabunna
  6. triac
  7. triacanthid
  8. triacanthids
  9. triacanthodid
  10. triacanthodids
  11. triacetate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: triac (page history and authors); TRIAC (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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