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Electrical
Engineering Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Battery | a set of units of equipment, typically when connected together. |
| Circuit | a roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place. |
| Open Circuit | an electrical circuit that is not complete. |
| Conductor | a material or device that conducts or transmits heat, electricity, or sound, especially when regarded in terms of its capacity to do this. |
| Transformer | an apparatus for reducing or increasing the voltage of an alternating current |
| Voltage | an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts |
| Kilowatt | a measure of 1,000 watts of electrical power. |
| Static | lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting. |