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CIRCUIT ANALYSIS VOCABULARY
Nodal analysis – a circuit analysis technique of using Kirchhoff’s Current Law to define the currents at
nodes
Mesh analysis – a circuit analysis technique of creating virtual mesh currents
Superposition Theorem – States that the effects on a circuit of multiple power sources is the linear sum
of the effects of each individual source
Kirchhoff’s Current Law – States that the current entering a node or element must equal the current
exiting
Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law – States that the net change in voltage around a loop is zero
Ohm’s Law – defines the ratio of voltage across a resistor to the current through it to be the resistance