Meaning of SHORT CIRCUIT
| Pronunciation: | | short 'surkit
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- [n] accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
- [v] avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"
- [v] create a short-circuit in
- [v] hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings"
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| | Synonyms: | | bypass, get around, go around, short, short |
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| | See Also: | | avoid, baffle, bilk, circuit, contact, create, cross, electric circuit, electrical circuit, foil, frustrate, make, queer, scotch, spoil, tangency, thwart | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Short" cir"cuit\ (Elec.)
A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low
resistance because shorter or of relatively great
conductivity.
\Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Short-circuited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Short-circuiting}.]
(Elec.)
To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two
points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
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