magnetic circuit

American  

noun

Physics.

1. the closed path described by magnetic flux. It is analogous to the electric circuit with resistance, where flux, reluctance, and magnetomotive force correspond to electric current, resistance, and electromotive force.

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Example Sentences

Each line or magnetic circuit evolved, and cutting the conductor, flies at once outward, and locates itself in the iron ring.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various

The former must have in its magnetic circuit a section of air or the like, or be an imperfectly closed circuit, as it were.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various

Repeating coils are almost universally of the closed magnetic circuit type.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster

The magnetic circuit is therefore one of great efficiency, since it consists almost entirely of iron, the only air gap being that across which the attraction of the diaphragm is to take place.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster

This circuit is completed by the magnetism flowing from one pole to the other through the magnet, and as this flow is continued as long as the body remains magnetic it constitutes a magnetic circuit.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred