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full-wave bridge

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full-wave bridge [′fu̇l ‚wāv ′brij]
(electronics)
A circuit having a bridge with four diodes, which provides full-wave rectification and gives twice as much direct-current output voltage for a given alternating-current input voltage as a conventional full-wave rectifier.


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