Kirchhoff's voltage law

proper noun

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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. natural sciencesA law showing that energy is conserved around an electrical circuit: the directed sum of the electrical potential differences around a circuit must be zero.

Origin

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

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Kirchhoff's voltage law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kirchhoff's%20voltage%20law

MLA

“Kirchhoff's voltage law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kirchhoff's%20voltage%20law. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kirchhoff's voltage law,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kirchhoff's%20voltage%20law.

Source: Kirchhoff's voltage law on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.