open circuit
a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
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Origin of open circuit
1Other words from open circuit
- open-circuit, adjective
- Compare closed circuit.
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How to use open circuit in a sentence
It still meets safety standards for protection against impact or compression, as well as electrical hazard protection against open circuits up to 600 volts in dry conditions.
Keep in mind the fact that the lamp will always burn on an open circuit and go out on a closed circuit.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousFire and burglar alarms are divided into two general types, called "open circuit" and "closed circuit," respectively.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThe drop or relay controls a local circuit composed of an open-circuit battery and an ordinary vibrating bell.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThe operation of a drop on a closed circuit is a little different from its operation on a normally open circuit.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
(b) It polarizes easily yet it recovers well when left upon open circuit.
Physics | Willis Eugene Tower
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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