parallel circuit

American  

[par-uh-lel sur-kit] / ˈpær əˌlɛl ˈsɜr kɪt /

noun

plural

parallel circuits

1. Electricity. a circuit in which the current flows through two or more paths that share the same two endpoints, so that a failure of flow in any one path will not prevent the other paths from carrying the current. Compare series circuit.

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parallel circuit Scientific  

1. See under circuit

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Example Sentences

Each resistor in a parallel circuit has the same full voltage of the source applied to it.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The current flowing through each resistor in a parallel circuit is different, depending on the resistance.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

I didn't need better, they thought, because my function was to observe and report on the parallel circuit I mentioned.

From Tangle Hold by Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)

The following experiment shows in a striking form the principles just considered: An Edison lamp is placed in parallel circuit with a small dynamo machine, used as a motor.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 by Various

The current to be measured flowed through both coils in parallel circuit, the one representing its quantity expressible in amperes, and the other its potential expressible in volts.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various