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CIRCUITS PARALLELE [1 record]

Record 1 2009-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
DEF

An arrangement of electrical devices in which the current divides and travels through two or more paths and then returns through a common path.

OBS

Electric or magnetic circuits are said to be in parallel (or shunt) when the current or flux is divided between them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
OBS

Des circuits sont dits en parallèle ou en dérivation l'un par rapport à l'autre, lorsque les courants ou les flux se partagent entre eux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
DEF

Circuitos eléctricos en los que los elementos, ramales o componentes están conectados entre dos puntos, con uno de los dos extremos de cada componente conectado al otro.

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