phantom circuit

noun

The equivalent of an additional electrical circuit or wire, in reality not existing, obtained by certain arrangements of real circuits, as in some multiplex telegraph systems.

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Meanings

nounphantom circuit (plural phantom circuits)

plural phantom circuits

  1. The equivalent of an additional electrical circuit or wire, in reality not existing, obtained by certain arrangements of real circuits, as in some multiplex telegraph systems.
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