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faradic

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English

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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faradic (comparative more faradic, superlative most faradic)

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

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French faradique.

Adjective

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faradic m or n (feminine singular faradică, masculine plural faradici, feminine and neuter plural faradice)

  1. faradic

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite faradic faradică faradici faradice
definite faradicul faradica faradicii faradicele
genitive-
dative
indefinite faradic faradice faradici faradice
definite faradicului faradicei faradicilor faradicelor