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OPEN CIRCUIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does open circuit mean?
• OPEN CIRCUIT (noun)
The noun OPEN CIRCUIT has 1 sense:
1. an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows
Familiarity information: OPEN CIRCUIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("open circuit" is a kind of...):
circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)
Antonym:
closed circuit (a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates)
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