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Definition of Electric circuit
1. Noun. An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow.
Specialized synonyms: Bridge, Bridge Circuit, Bridged-t, Closed Circuit, Loop, Computer Circuit, Delay Line, Feedback Circuit, Feedback Loop, Flip-flop, Clipper, Limiter, Data Link, Link, Open Circuit, Pulse Timing Circuit, Resonant Circuit, Resonator, Series Circuit, Squelch, Squelch Circuit, Squelcher, Tank Circuit, T-network, Wiring
Terms within: Capacitance, Capacitor, Condenser, Electrical Condenser, Choke, Choke Coil, Choking Coil, Electrical Relay, Relay, Resistance, Resistor, Short, Short Circuit, Bypass, Electrical Shunt, Shunt, Electron Tube, Thermionic Tube, Thermionic Vacuum Tube, Thermionic Valve, Tube, Vacuum Tube
Generic synonyms: Electrical Device
Group relationships: Electronic Equipment
Definition of Electric circuit
1. Noun. A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Circuit
Literary usage of Electric circuit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"For we know that the magnetic properties of an electric circuit C,, with respect
to any magnetic system M.2, are identical with those of a magnetic shell Sl ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A device for opening or closing an electric circuit, consisting of two ...
In a key socket a small switch makes or breaks the electric circuit and thus ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... loosely and made part of an electric circuit, ... ibm part of an electric
circuit in wheels were a battery and a telegraph receiver. ..."
4. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"CHAPTER IV OHM'S LAW AND THE electric circuit The exact nature of electricity is
not known, but recent investigations indicate that it consists of ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1879)
"The latter is in an electric circuit which includes also a delicate galvanometer.
... which changes the resistance of an electric circuit by varying the ..."