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| Any complete path along which charge can flow. |
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| Term applied to portions of an electric circuit that are connected in a row so that the current that goes through one must go through all of them. |
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| Term applied to portions of an electric circuit that are connected at two points and provide alternative paths for the current between those two points. |
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| An electric circuit in which devices are arranged so that charge flows through each in turn. If one part of the circuit should stop the current, it will stop throughout the circuit. |
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| An elecric circuit in which devices are connected to the same two points of the circuit, so that any single device completes the circuit independently of the others. |
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| A diagram that describes an electric circuit, using special symbols to represent different devices in the circuit. |
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