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I would challenge you to prove that the term "DC sine wave" is
objectionable because it is fundamentally wrong as opposed to being at
odds with conventional terminology and nomenclature.....Isn't a sine
wave that operates as all positive voltages always yielding currents
that operate in only one direction (i.e. "direct current")? Surely
you wouldn't call this AC, would you? Isn't "DC sine wave" a more
concise and readily (albeit only slightly more so) concept that an
"AC sine wave that has been fully DC offset"? Is it conceivable that
conventional terminology and nomenclature could have evolved such that
"DC sine wave" was acceptable? If not, why not? How is it
fundamentally wrong? (as opposed to being at odds with convention)

The signal would be said to have a DC-component (of the average value) and
an AC-component(of the rms value minus the DC)
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ciao Ban
Bordighera, Italy