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Rareshort circuit
The correct spelling is short circuit.
How to pronounce short circuit
noun
Say it like: Sho-rt -sir-cui-t
The correct spelling is short circuit. A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
verb
- 1.To cause a short circuit in
- 2.(by extension) to force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion by bypassing one or more intermediary steps
- 3.To terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for
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