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KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kirchhoff's laws mean?
• KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS (noun)
The noun KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS has 1 sense:
1. (physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero
Familiarity information: KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Kirchhoff's laws" is a kind of...):
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
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