OPEN CIRCUIT

'Open circuit' can mean:
In 'electronics':

★ The absence of a load through which electric current would otherwise flow, as used in:


Open-circuit voltage, the difference of electrical potential between two terminals of a device when there is no external load connected
In 'breathing set design':

★ A set where the user breathes from the set and then exhales to the surroundings without recycling the exhaled air or gas, as used in:


Open-circuit scuba


Self-contained breathing apparatus
;See also

Closed-circuit

Short circuit

Circuit theory

Open system

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