Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kirchhoff's voltage law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: kirch-hof-f's -volt-age law
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A law showing that energy is conserved around an electrical circuit: the directed sum of the electrical potential differences around a circuit must be zero.

Etymology

Named after German physicist and mathematician Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887).

Phrases

Kirchhoff's circuit laws Kirchhoff's current law

Frequently Paired Words

Kirchhoff's circuit laws Kirchhoff's current law

Questions

What does kirchhoff's voltage law mean?: A law showing that energy is conserved around an electrical circuit: the directed sum of the electrical potential differences around a circuit must be zero.
Where does kirchhoff's voltage law come from?: Named after German physicist and mathematician Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887).

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