parallel circuits

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of parallel circuit.
  parallel circuit

  noun

  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 circuits

Circuit Maze teaches kids how to make series circuits, parallel circuits, combination circuits and parallel circuits in bypass, which are all topics that they’ll encounter in introductory physics classes.

From Time ● Feb. 16, 2016

Electricians call this connecting in parallel; there are many parallel circuits from one power house.

From Common Science by John W. (John Woodside) Ritchie

The two parallel circuits amounted to an effective short-circuit.

From Talents, Incorporated by Murray Leinster

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