kirchhoff's circuit laws

English - English

Definition of kirchhoff's circuit laws in English English dictionary

a pair of fundamental natural laws dealing with the relations of currents at a junction and the voltages around a loop

Related Terms

kirchhoff's laws

(physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero

Hyphenation

kirchhoff's cir·cuit laws

Etymology

() From Gustav Kirchhoff German physicist