borrowed neutral in English

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        "(electricity) A wiring practice where the neutral conductor from one circuit is improperly shared or borrowed by another separate circuit, common in older wiring."
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        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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  "word": "borrowed neutral"
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        "(electricity) A wiring practice where the neutral conductor from one circuit is improperly shared or borrowed by another separate circuit, common in older wiring."
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"borrowed neutral" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms