Friday, 28 August 2015

electrical resistance - Is this circuit a series or parallel circuit?


I saw a definition of a parallel circuit as a circuit with more than one path for current to flow. Is that the definition that's accepted? It seems like a good definition to me, but does that mean this circuit:
resistor with voltage probe in circuit with cell
is series because the current doesn't flow through the voltmeter (in theory)?


The definition is quite good because this circuit:
same circuit with voltmeter removed, just showing break in circuit

I would say is a series circuit and the definition works for that, but I don't see much of a difference between the two circuits, so if the second one is a series circuit is the first one also series?


Edit, for clarity - The question:
What is the definition of a parallel circuit and does that make the first circuit (with the voltmeter) a series or parallel circuit?




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