AC
Supply of electric energy via a public electricity gridInitialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current).: Supply of electric energy via a public electricity grid
» Do you mind if I turn off the AC?
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2 sensesInitialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current).
(broadly, countable, informal, uncountable)Supply of electric energy via a public electricity grid
(Australia, countable, uncountable)Companion of the Order of Australia.
- an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
- a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
Examples
16 sentencesDo you mind if I turn off the AC?
Please turn up the AC a little bit.
The AC doesn't work.
Кондиціонер не працює. — deniko
The AC was working perfectly fine.
It's too hot. I will turn the AC on.
Translations
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By meaning 2
Forms
plural: ACsSynonyms
4 synonyms- an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally:alternating currentalternating electric current
- a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores:actiniumatomic number 89
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.