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Kirchhoff's current law

Kirchhoff's current law proper noun: a law showing that electric charge is conserved around an electrical circuit: At any point in an electrical circuit where charge density is not changing in time, the sum of currents flowing towards that point is equal to the sum of currents flowing away from that point.

Proper noun

Kirchhoff's current law

  1. A law showing that electric charge is conserved around an electrical circuit: At any point in an electrical circuit where charge density is not changing in time, the sum of currents flowing towards that point is equal to the sum of currents flowing away from that point.

Origin of Kirchhoff's current law

Named after German physicist and mathematician Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887).

Questions about Kirchhoff's current law

What does Kirchhoff's current law mean?
Kirchhoff's current law means a law showing that electric charge is conserved around an electrical circuit: At any point in an electrical circuit where charge density is not changing in time, the sum of currents flowing towards that point is equal to the sum of currents flowing away from that point.
What part of speech is Kirchhoff's current law?
Kirchhoff's current law is a proper noun.

Words near Kirchhoff's current law in the dictionary

  1. Kirchgessner
  2. Kirchgessners
  3. Kirchhoefer
  4. Kirchhoff
  5. Kirchhoff's circuit laws
  6. Kirchhoff's current law
  7. Kirchhoff's voltage law
  8. Kirchhoffer
  9. Kirchhoffers
  10. Kirchhoffs
  11. Kirchner

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