Meanings
nounreturn current (plural return currents)
plural return currents
- businessThe electric current in a circuit which flows back to its source, or to earth.
The return current is fed from the transformer to the wheels through brushes on each axle of the motor coach.
1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 174
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