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Meaning of return path | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The route by which a current or signal returns to its source, or to earth.

Examples

“The inner, or negative, rail is also known as the 'current return' rail, because electrical current needs a circuit - a return path to earth, in other words.”

“One rail (known as the traction return rail) is not broken into [track circuit] sections as it provides the return path for the current.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

return piece return shock return spring return tag return ticket return time