open circuit

Noun

Meaning

an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

open-circuit

Synonyms

current interruption incomplete circuit electrical failure unconnected circuit circuit breach circuit disconnection circuit discontinuity circuit malfunction electrical outage circuit break disconnected circuit faulty circuit interrupted circuit uncompleted circuit electrical fault
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Antonyms

closed circuit certain civil closed covered protected
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Hypernyms

circuit electric circuit electrical circuit

Examples

At increasing frequency, on the other hand, the reactance increases and at a sufficiently high frequency the inductor approaches an open circuit. Source: Internet

Apart from testing the open circuit voltage of the thermocouple, and the near short-circuit DC continuity through the thermocouple gas valve coil, the easiest non-specialist test is substitution of a known good gas valve. Source: Internet

Although he coined the most common English word used for autonomous open circuit diving equipment, Lambertsen did not invent that equipment. Source: Internet

During the 1940s, Cousteau is credited with improving the aqua-lung design which gave birth to the open-circuit scuba technology used today. Source: Internet

However its large inductance gives it a very high impedance at the resonant frequency, so it acts as an open circuit to the oscillating current. Source: Internet

In Britain the word aqualung, used for any demand-valve-controlled open-circuit scuba set, still continues to be used nowadays; in old times it was sometimes inaccurately for any scuba set including rebreathers. Source: Internet

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