open circuit
a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
Origin of open circuit
1Other words from open circuit
- open-circuit, adjective
- Compare closed circuit.
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British Dictionary definitions for open circuit
an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows: Compare closed circuit
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Scientific definitions for open circuit
[ ō′pən ]
An electric circuit in which the normal path of current has been interrupted, either by the disconnection of one part of its conducting pathway from another, or by the intervention of an electric component, such as a transistor. Compare closed circuit.
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