English Explanatory Dictionary

Norton's theorem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A theorem which states that any electric circuit between two terminals containing only resistors, voltage sources, and current sources can be equivalently replaced with a single current source and resistor in parallel.

Word forms

Norton's theorem

Etymology

Derived by American engineer Edward Lawry Norton in 1926; however, it was independently derived on the same year by German physicist Hans Ferdinand Mayer (hence the alternative name Mayer-Norton theorem).

Synonyms

Mayer-Norton theorem
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