open circuit

The definition of an open circuit is a broken path for an electrical current due to an open switch or frayed wire.

(noun)

An example of an open circuit is a string of electric lights that don’t work if one bulb goes out.

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See open circuit in Webster's New World College Dictionary

an electrical circuit that does not conduct current because a switch is open, a wire is broken, etc.

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