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Definition of Electrical 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 Electrical circuit
1. Noun. An electric circuit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrical Circuit
Literary usage of Electrical circuit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"It is called upon to open an electrical circuit which at any given instant has
a definite amount of energy stored in the medium surrounding it. ..."
2. A System of Natural Philosophy: In which the Principles of Mechanics by John Lee Comstock (1836)
"When it is desired to pass the charge through any substance for experiment, then
an electrical circuit must be established, of which the substance to be ..."
3. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Circuit, Electrical Timing of (See Appendix—Tuning of electrical circuit. ...
Circuit, Surging An electrical circuit through which electrical ..."
4. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"Switch—A mechanical arrangement by which the electrical circuit is made or broken
at will. This is often performed by removing, or inserting, ..."
5. A System of Natural Philosophy: In which the Principles of Mechanics by John Lee Comstock (1835)
"When it is desired to pass the charge through any substance for experiment, then
an electrical circuit must be established, of which the substance to be ..."
6. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"The first part may be called the " magnetic circuit," and the second part may be
called the " electrical circuit." The first comprises the two magnet limbs, ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"That when the observers have been shocked at tho end of tw? miles of wire, we
infer that the electrical circuit b four mile«, viz. two miles of wire, ..."
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