faradic
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Faraday + -ic, for Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist.
Adjective
[edit]faradic (comparative more faradic, superlative most faradic)
- (physics) Of or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction.
- 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.
Synonyms
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French faradique.
Adjective
[edit]faradic m or n (feminine singular faradică, masculine plural faradici, feminine and neuter plural faradice)
Declension
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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 |