Thévenin's theorem
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/TheveninEquivalent-2.png/220px-TheveninEquivalent-2.png)
Etymology
[edit]Derived in 1883 by French electrical engineer Léon Charles Thévenin; however, it had been independently derived in 1853 by German physicist Hermann von Helmholtz.
Proper noun
[edit]- (electronics) 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 voltage source and resistor.