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What is a series circuit?

What is a series circuit? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any electric circuit having all elements joined in a sequence such that the same current flows through them all
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In a series circuit with two or more bulbs, which bulb lights first when the circuit is closed?
In a series circuit, all moving electrons pass through every part of the circuit, including all the loads and switches.
Customary usage in the literature is to assume that any network that is not a simple series circuit or a simple parallel circuit must be a series-parallel circuit.
A series parallel circuit is defined as essentially a series circuit containing parallel elements.
A series circuit is very simple to design and build, but it has some disadvantages.
In a properly constructed series circuit, all devices have the same amount of current through them.

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