What is the term that identifies an AC voltage which produces the same heating effect in a resistor as a corresponding value of DC voltage?

The term that identifies an AC voltage which produces the same heating effect in a resistor as a corresponding value of DC voltage is the Root Mean Square (RMS) voltage. This concept is crucial in understanding how AC voltage compares to DC voltage in practical applications.

RMS voltage is a statistical measure of the magnitude of a varying voltage or current. For an AC waveform, the RMS value is equivalent to the direct current value that would deliver the same amount of power to a resistive load. This means that if you have an AC voltage at a certain RMS value, it will generate heat in a resistor just like a DC voltage of the same magnitude would.

The RMS value is particularly important because AC voltages and currents vary over time, and using RMS allows for a standardized way to analyze and compare them with their DC counterparts. It effectively reflects the 'effective' voltage or current of an AC signal, considering its time-varying nature.

In contrast, peak voltage refers to the maximum instantaneous value of the voltage, while average voltage usually refers to the arithmetic mean of the voltage over a cycle, neither of which account for the heating effects in the way that RMS does. The effective voltage is a more general term that can refer to various ways of defining voltage