Kirchhoff's laws [for Gustav R. Kirchhoff], pair of laws stating general restrictions on the current and voltage in an electric circuit. The first of these states that at any given instant the sum of the voltages around any closed path, or loop, in the network is zero. The second states that at any junction of paths, or node, in a network the sum of the currents arriving at any instant is equal to the sum of the currents flowing away.
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(physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: (1) the sum of all the currents at a point is zero; (2) the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero
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- Not to be confused with Kerckhoffs' principle.
There are several Kirchhoff's laws, all named after Gustav Robert Kirchhoff:
- Kirchhoff's circuit laws
- Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation
- Kirchhoff's equations
- Kirchhoff's three laws of spectroscopy
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