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Kirchhoff's current law
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English
Etymology
en German physicist mathematician Gustav Kirchhoff = 1824 1887.
Proper noun
en physics 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.
Related terms
en Kirchhoff's circuit laws
en Kirchhoff's voltage law
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