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Electrical problem? One may find a way around it quickly
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short circuit
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Wikipedia
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Short Circuit is a 1986 American comic science fiction film directed by John Badham , and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock . The film's plot centers upon an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a more humanlike intelligence, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference [syn: short ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An electrical short circuit started the fire, they think. ▪ And that's despite the fact they have attracted the best short circuit entry of the year. ▪ Capacitor C2 is included to reduce the gain at d.c. to unity whilst appearing ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it. vb. 1 (context transitive English) to cause a short circuit in 2 (context transitive by extension English) to force ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Short circuit \Short" cir"cuit\ (Elec.) A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also short-circuit , 1854, in electricity, from short (adj.) + circuit (n.). As a verb, introduce a shunt of low resistance," from 1867; intransitive sense from 1902; in the figurative sense is recorded by 1899. Related: short-circuited ; short-circuiting ...
Usage examples of short circuit.
After that he used the optical microscope, and saw to it that a short circuit of 4,000 volts went through the transmitter.
After that he used the optical microscope, and saw to it that a short circuit 6f 4,000 volts went through the transmitter.
When it parts, the ends drop down inside the capsule and you get a short circuit into the bronze item.
If he can't right then, the short circuit between the silver and bronze items acts as an obsession to kill that doesn't let up.
When he had emerged from the shaft, uncrimped the short circuit he had put for the sake of safety at the end of the wires, and connected them to the exploder, there were just ten seconds to go.