Closed Circuit Definition

noun
An electric circuit providing an uninterrupted, endless path for the flow of current.
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A system for transmitting a telecast over cables, via satellite, etc. to a limited number of receivers connected to a circuit.
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Closed circuit means a complete electrical connection around which current flows or circulates.
When you have a series of electrical wires connecting to each other and completing a circuit so that current travels from one end of the circle to the other, this is an example of a closed circuit.
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The definition of closed circuit is a system where video or other media is transmitted through connected cables and wires, not through the air.
When you have a video camera directly connected to a TV on the property that shows images from the video camera, this is an example of a closed-circuit TV.
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That consists of a closed circuit.
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Other Word Forms of Closed Circuit

Noun

Singular:
closed circuit
Plural:
closed-circuits

Closed Circuit Sentence Examples

  • At a later date a syntonic system comprising, as above stated, an antenna directly coupled to a resonant closed circuit was put into operation by Lodge and Muirhead, and much the same methods have been followed in the system known as the Telefunken system employed in Germany.

  • Instruments for doing this are called wave meters and are of two kinds, open circuit and closed circuit.

  • Ampere's experimental and theoretical investigation of the mutual action of electric currents, and of the equivalence of a closed circuit to a polar magnet, the latter suggesting his celebrated hypothesis that molecular currents were the cause of magnetism.

  • Within this range, a closed circuit of the elements which form this air envelope takes place.

  • I try to avoid nitrogen narcosis whenever I can, especially since I began using a closed-circuit rebreather.

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