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Circuits

Scope note

Use for the complete paths taken by electric currents flowing through conductors, usually wires, from one terminal of a generating source through energy-consuming units and returning through different conductors, usually wires, back to another terminal on the power source. STEIN

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300050635

Broader Terms used

<electrical system components>

Equivalent Terms used

circuit

Created

13yrs ago

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