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Short circuit   /ʃɔrt sˈərkət/   Listen
Short circuit

noun
1.
Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference.  Synonym: short.





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"Short circuit" Quotes from Famous Books



... trouble with a short circuit in our electric engines, and were compelled to run on the surface for several hours while we replaced one of the cam-shafts and renewed some washers. It was a ticklish time, for had a torpedo-boat come upon ...
— Danger! and Other Stories • Arthur Conan Doyle


Words linked to "Short circuit" :   electrical circuit, tangency, circuit, contact, electric circuit, short


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