"return path" meaning in All languages combined

See return path on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: return paths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} return path (plural return paths)
  1. (electricity) The route by which a current or signal returns to its source, or to earth. Categories (topical): Electricity

Inflected forms

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