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Open-circuit voltage
Open-circuit voltage
(abbreviated as
OCV
or
V
OC
) is the
difference of electrical potential
between two terminals of a device when disconnected from any circuit. There is no
external load
connected. No external
electric current
flows between the terminals. It is sometimes given the symbol V
oc
. In
network analysis
this voltage is also known as the
Thévenin voltage
.
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