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OPEN CIRCUIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("open circuit" is a kind of...):
circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)
Antonym:
closed circuit (a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates)