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open circuit

noun

Electricity.
  1. a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.

open circuit

noun

  1. an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows Compare closed circuit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

open circuit

  1. 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.
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Other Word Forms

  • p-cܾ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of open circuit1

First recorded in 1820–30
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