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four-wire circuit

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four-wire circuit [′fȯr ‚wīr ′sər·kət]
(communications)
A two-way circuit using two paths so arranged that communication currents are transmitted in one direction only on one path, and in the opposite direction on the other path; the transmission path may or may not employ four wires.


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00 Hardcover TK7868 The concept of instantaneous active and reactive power was first elaborated in Japan in 1982, and has been considerably modified since then for three-phase four-wire circuits, circuits more than three-phase, and power electronics equipment.
Even though the two branches to A and to C appear as separate four-wire circuits at Node B, and attach to the multiplexer by separate connectors, they're considered to be only one line (Figure 4).
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