Short-circuit definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

A short circuit is a situation in which a faulty connection or damaged wire causes electricity to travel along the wrong route and damage an electrical device. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'short-circuit'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× short-circuit Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent tenseshort-circuits ,presentparticipleshort-circuiting ,pasttense,pastparticipleshort-circuited 1. verb Ifanelectricaldeviceshort-circuitsorifsomeoneorsomethingshort-circuitsit,awrongconnectionordamagedwirecauseselectricitytotravelalongthewrongrouteanddamagethedevice. Carbondustandoilbuildupinlargemotorsandcausethemtoshort-circuit.[VERB] Onceinsidetheyshort-circuitedtheelectronicsecurity.[VERBnoun] Short-circuitisalsoanoun. Thefirewasstartedbyanelectricalshort-circuit. 2. verb Ifsomeoneorsomethingshort-circuitsaprocessorsystem,theyavoidlongordifficultpartsofitanduseaquicker,moredirectmethodtoachievetheiraim. Theapproachwasintendedtoshort-circuitnormalcomplaintsprocedures.[VERBnoun] COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'short-circuit' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'farolito' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency shortcircuitinBritishEnglish noun1. afaultyoraccidentalconnectionbetweentwopointsofdifferentpotentialinanelectriccircuit,bypassingtheloadandestablishingapathoflowresistancethroughwhichanexcessivecurrentcanflow.Itcancausedamagetothecomponentsifthecircuitisnotprotectedbyafuse verbshort-circuit2. todeveloporcausetodevelopashortcircuit 3. (transitive) tobypass(aprocedure,regulation,etc) 4. (transitive) tohinderorfrustrate(plans,etc) Sometimes(forsenses1,2)shortenedto:shortCollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency short-circuitinBritishEnglish (ʃɔːtˈsɜːkɪt) noun1. electrical afaultyoraccidentalconnectionbetweentwopointsofdifferentpotentialinan electriccircuit,bypassingtheloadandestablishingapathoflowresistancethrough whichanexcessivecurrentcanflow.Itcancausedamagetothecomponentsifthe circuitisnotprotectedbyafuse Thefirewasstartedbyanelectricalshort-circuit. verb(intransitive)2. electrical todevelopashortcircuit Carbondustandoilbuildupinlargemotorsandcausethemtoshort-circuit. verb(transitive)3. electrical todeveloporcausetodevelopashortcircuit Heremovedthetinypinwithwhichhehadshort-circuitedthecableearlier. 4. tobypass(aprocedure,regulation,etc);circumvent Onceinsidetheyshort-circuitedtheelectronicsecurity. Marywasabletoshort-circuitherstressresponsebykeepingherthoughtscalmand rational. Theapproachwasintendedtoshort-circuitnormalcomplaints. 5. tohinderorfrustrate(plans,etc) CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency shortcircuitinAmericanEnglish 1.  ausuallyaccidentallow-resistanceconnectionbetweentwopointsinanelectric circuit,resultingineitherexcessivecurrentflowthatoftencausesdamageorinanewshortercircuitthatdrawscurrentawayfromtheoriginalpathwaysandcomponents 2. Popularly adisruptedelectriccircuitresultingfromthis Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordFrequency short-circuitinAmericanEnglish (ʃɔrtˈsɜrkɪt ) verbtransitive1. Electricity tomakeashortcircuitin 2.  tobypass(anobstruction,custom,etc.) 3.  tocauseasuddenbreakin;impede;thwart verbintransitive4.  todevelopashortcircuit Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordFrequency shortcircuitinAmericanEnglish nounElectricity anabnormal,usuallyunintentionalconditionofrelativelylowresistancebetweentwopointsofdifferentpotentialinacircuit,usuallyresulting inaflowofexcesscurrent Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1875–80] WordFrequency short-circuitinAmericanEnglish (ˌʃɔrtˈsɜːrkɪt) transitiveverb1. Electricitya. tomake(anappliance,switch,etc.)inoperablebyestablishingashortcircuitin b. tocarry(acurrent)asashortcircuit 2. tobypass,impede,hinder,orfrustrate Badweathershort-circuitedmyvacationplans intransitiveverb3. Electricity toformashortcircuitorbecomeinoperableduetoashortcircuit Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1870–75] WordFrequency shortcircuitinElectricalEngineering (ʃɔrtsɜrkɪt) Wordforms:(regularplural)shortcircuits noun(Electricalengineering:Circuits,Electricalpower,Computingandcontrol) Ashortcircuitisasituationinwhichafaultyconnectionordamagedwirecauseselectricitytotravelalongthe wrongrouteanddamageanelectricaldevice. Ifthehotwireshouldeveraccidentallytouchthecase,ashortcircuitwouldblowthefusesinthebuildingandquicklyremovetheelectricalconnections, andthehazard. Ashortcircuitisgenerallyanunintendedelectricalconnectionbetweencurrentcarryingparts. Ashortcircuitisasituationinwhichafaultyconnectionordamagedwirecauseselectricityto travelalongthewrongrouteanddamageanelectricaldevice. circuit,shortcircuitcurrent COBUILDKeyWordsforElectricalEngineering.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Examplesof'shortcircuit'inasentence shortcircuit Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Itisusuallycausedbyashortcircuit.Petch,DrMichaelBMAFamilyDoctorGuide-HeartDisease(1989)Hesaidthatthefirewasprobablycausedbyashortcircuitorcarelessness.Times,SundayTimes(2007)Itwascausedbyashortcircuitthatresultedinathermaloverloadthatspreadthefiretoothercells.Times,SundayTimes(2013)Itisthoughtaburningmopedhadbeenleftupagainstthelamppost,causingtheelectricstoshortcircuit.TheSun(2014)AThemostlikelycauseisashortcircuitinoneormoreofthedoorlocks'electricalcontrols.Times,SundayTimes(2014)Butyoucouldshort-circuittheprocessintheinterestsofyourclientsaswellasthoseoftheCrown.Gagman,MauriceDOUBTFULMOTIVESHertearswerelikerainonthevalvesandcondensersofaradioset,causingittoshort-circuitandmakeactionimpossible.Sillitoe,AlanTHEOPENDOORIhavebeenabletoshort-circuittheirimmunesystems,andtheywilllivemuchlongerthanunprotectedrats.Sebastian,Hectoretal?THETHREEINVESTIGATORS Trendsof short-circuit Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically shortcircuit shortbreak shortburst shortchapter shortcircuit shortcircuitcurrent shortclimb shortclip AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'S' Relatedtermsof shortcircuit shortcircuitcurrent Source Definitionofshort-circuitfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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