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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an open circuit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to electronics or electrical engineering, referring to a circuit that is not complete, preventing current from flowing.
Example: "When testing the device, we found that there was an open circuit, which caused the malfunction."
Alternatives: "a broken circuit" or "a disconnected circuit."
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The battery had an open circuit voltage of ~1.40 V.
The test cell yielded an open circuit voltage of 1.0 V at 930 °C.
In the "high impedance" state, the interface acts as an open circuit and doesn't drive the line low or high.
The tri-state buffer essentially inserts an open circuit, and are controlled (active low) by an output enable pin - Pin2.
Below turn-on voltage, the diode behaves as an open circuit (4 TΩ at the ammeter noise floor).
We measure the useful power extracted from this turbine in an open circuit suction type wind tunnel facility.
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As their number increased, an open-circuit voltage value decreased.
A distributed parameter model of an open-circuit size reduction device at steady state is considered.
Lloyd benefited from an open-circuit oxygen apparatus that partly allowed him to breathe the outside air.
All the experiments on the full scale model were carried out inside an open-circuit low-speed wind tunnel.
Remarkably, our calculations show that the phosphorene-based device is able to achieve an open-circuit voltage of ∼2.7 V.
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