parallel circuit

American  

[par-uh-lel sur-kit] / ˈpær əˌlɛl ˈsɜr kɪt /

noun

plural

parallel circuits

1. Electricity. a circuit in which the current flows through two or more paths that share the same two endpoints, so that a failure of flow in any one path will not prevent the other paths from carrying the current. Compare series circuit.

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parallel circuit Scientific  

1. See under circuit

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Example Sentences

The current flowing through each resistor in a parallel circuit is different, depending on the resistance.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Each resistor in a parallel circuit has the same full voltage of the source applied to it.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

You remember that a stream of electrons which is starting or stopping can induce the electrons of a neighboring parallel circuit to start off in parallel paths.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

I didn't need better, they thought, because my function was to observe and report on the parallel circuit I mentioned.

From Tangle Hold by Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)

The following experiment shows in a striking form the principles just considered: An Edison lamp is placed in parallel circuit with a small dynamo machine, used as a motor.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 by Various