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Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)

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Verified for the 2026 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025

Definition

Kirchhoff's Voltage Law states that in any closed loop or mesh within an electrical network, the algebraic sum of all voltages must be zero.

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