Kirchhoff's current law
nameEtymology
From Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist.
- derived from physicist
Definitions
A law showing that electric charge is conserved around an electrical circuit
A law showing that electric charge is conserved around an electrical circuit:- At any point in an electrical circuit where charge density is not changing in time, the sum of currents flowing towards that point is equal to the sum of currents flowing away from that point.
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