Combined Science GCSE
Total power input
What Total power input means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Total power input
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The power supplied to a device, which is divided into useful power output and wasted power.
Topics that use Total power input
- Efficiency (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Dissipated
- Efficiency
- Total input energy transfer
- Useful power output
- Wasted energy
- Total input energy
- Useful output energy
- Useful output energy transfer
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