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KIRCHHOFFS VOLTAGE LAW [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

The law that at each instant of time the algebraic sum of the voltage rises around a closed loop in a network is equal to the algebraic sum of the voltage drops, both being taken in the same direction around the loop.

Key term(s)
  • Kirchhoff's law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
OBS

On appelle maille un ensemble de branches disposées en série et formant un circuit complet.

Key term(s)
  • loi de Kirchhoff

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrotecnia
CONT

[...] la ley de las mallas afirma que, comenzando por cualquier punto de una red y siguiendo cualquier trayecto cerrado de vuelta al punto inicial, la suma neta de las fuerzas electromotrices halladas será igual a la suma neta de los productos de las resistencias halladas y de las intensidades que fluyen a través de ellas.

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