parallel circuit

parallel circuit
[1] An electrical circuit with two or more resistance units so wired as to permit current to flow through both units at the same time. Unlike the series circuit, the current in the parallel circuit does not have to pass through one unit to reach the other. A method or pattern of connecting units in an electrical circuit so that they are connected negative-to-negative and positive-to-positive. In a parallel circuit, current can flow independently through several components at the same time.
[2] Arrangement of electrical devices in which the current divides and travels through two or more paths and then returns through a common path. Also see series parallel circuit

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