Open-circuit
noun, Electricity.
1.
a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
noun
1.
an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows Compare closed circuit
open circuit
(ō’pən)
An electric circuit in which the normal path of current has been interrupted, either by the disconnection of one part of its conducting pathway from another, or by the intervention of an electric component, such as a transistor. Compare closed circuit.
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