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並列回路 (へいれつかいろ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

並へい列れつ回かい路ろ

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Meanings

1

parallel circuit

Technical term in electronics; contrasted with 直列回路 (series circuit).

See also: 直列回路 (ちょくれつかいろ)

並へい列れつ回かい路ろでは、各かく抵てい抗こうに同おなじ電でん圧

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In a parallel circuit, the same voltage is applied to each resistor.

Kanji

並row, and, besides
列file, row, rank
回-times, round, game
路path, route, road

Related words

直ちょく列れつ回かい路ろ
直列回路 is a series circuit, where components are connected end-to-end and share the same current, unlike 並列回路 where components are connected across common points and share the same voltage.

Built from

並へい列れつ+回かい路ろ

Etymology

Compound of 並列 (parallel arrangement) and 回路 (circuit).