high-frequency current


high-fre·quen·cy cur·rent

an alternating electric current having a frequency of 10,000 or more cycles per second; it produces no muscular contractions and does not affect the sensory nerves. Synonym(s): d'Arsonval current, Tesla current

high-fre·quen·cy cur·rent

(hī-frē'kwĕn-sē kŭr'ĕnt) An alternating electric current having a frequency of 10,000 or more cycles per second; it produces no muscular contractions and does not affect the sensory nerves.

d'Arsonval,

Jacques Arsène, French biophysicist, 1851-1940. d'Arsonval current - an alternating electric current having a frequency of 10,000 or more per second. Synonym(s): high-frequency currentd'Arsonval galvanometer - a sensitive galvanometer consisting of a moving coil suspended in a permanent magnetic field between delicate metallic wires.

Tesla,

Nikola, Serbian-U.S. electrical engineer, 1856-1943. tesla - in the SI system, the unit of magnetic flux density.Tesla current - Synonym(s): high-frequency currentTesla magnetTesla measurement