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Definition of Closed-circuit
1. Adjective. Relating to or consisting of a closed circuit. "Closed-circuit television"
Definition of Closed-circuit
1. Adjective. That consists of a closed circuit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Closed-circuit
Literary usage of Closed-circuit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Alternating Current Machinery by Ralph Restieaux Lawrence (1920)
"closed-circuit windings. An open-circuit winding, as its name signifies, is not
closed on itself. In an open-circuit winding there is a continuous path ..."
2. When the Victim Is a Child by Debra Whitcomb (1992)
"By December 31, 1989, 32 states statutorily authorized judges to allow certain
child witnesses to testify via closed circuit television to the court and ..."
3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"The open circuit contact maker is termed a timer and closed circuit breaker an
... Closed circuit principle; the circuit of the primary winding on coil is ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"In this, the magneto method, the circuit was properly designated by Mr. Bell in
his patent as a "closed circuit"—because there is no possibility of opening ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1880)
"It was therefore brought into closed circuit, as before, and made to sustain •2
Ibs. ... An electromagnet, which had been for a few days in closed circuit, ..."
6. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Circuit, Completed —A closed circuit. A circuit, the conducting ... A completed
circuit is also called a made or closed circuit. Circuit, Compound A circuit ..."
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