accumulator |
a register or electrical circuit for storing numbers and performing one or more arithmetic or logical operations on them, as in a calculator or computer. [1/3 definitions] |
assize |
(usu. pl.) a legislative or court session, esp. English and Welsh circuit court sessions. [1/4 definitions] |
breadboard |
a board on which experimental designs for an electrical circuit may be laid out. [1/2 definitions] |
breaker1 |
shortened form of "circuit breaker." [1/4 definitions] |
circuit |
to move or revolve around; make a circuit of. [1/8 definitions] |
circuit breaker |
a device that opens a circuit when too much electricity flows through it. |
circuitry |
the plan or design of the elements in an electric circuit. [1/2 definitions] |
circulation |
motion in a circle or along a circuit. [1/4 definitions] |
closed circuit |
a transmission circuit for television with a limited number of reception stations connected to it by cable. [2 definitions] |
cutout |
a device for breaking or bypassing an electric circuit. [1/2 definitions] |
fuse2 |
an electrical device with a connection that melts if there is too much heat. Fuses protect buildings by breaking a circuit before a fire can start. [1/4 definitions] |
GFCI |
an abbreviation for "ground fault circuit interrupter." A GFCI is a device that shuts down an electric circuit when it senses a sudden loss of power. It protects people from severe electric shocks. |
ground1 |
a body, such as the earth, that electricity flows through and that completes an electric circuit. [2/4 definitions] |
henry |
a unit of electrical inductance equal to the inductance of a closed circuit in which current varies at the rate of one ampere per second to produce an electromotive force of one volt. |
impedance |
a measure of the total resistance of an electric circuit to an alternating current flow, usu. expressed in ohms. |
inductance |
a circuit or device, such as an induction coil, in which a change in the current generates an electromotive force. [2 definitions] |
inductor |
a device that generates an electromotive force in an electric circuit by electromagnetic induction; coil. [1/2 definitions] |
integrated circuit |
a complete electronic circuit, comprising circuit elements in a complex interconnection, imprinted or etched on a tiny chip of semiconductor material. |
itinerant |
moving or traveling from place to place, as to do one's work, often on a fixed circuit. [2/3 definitions] |
itinerate |
to travel or move from place to place, esp. on a fixed circuit. |
jack |
a device that connects a plug to an electrical circuit. [1/7 definitions] |