faradic

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• faradaic

Derived terms

• faradization