Definition of "faradic"

faradic

adjective
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.
  Quotations
  Physicians used galvanic currents, which required only a galvanic power source, and faradic treatments, which utilized an "alternating" induction coil.
  2005, Carolyn Thomas de la Pena, chapter 3, in The Body Electric: How Strange Machines Built the Modern American