"return current" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: return currents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} return current (plural return currents)
  1. (electrical engineering) The electric current in a circuit which flows back to its source, or to earth. Categories (topical): Electrical engineering

Inflected forms

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