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Short-circuit   Listen
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Short-circuit  v. t.  (past & past part. short-circuited; pres. part. 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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Short-circuit" Quotes from Famous Books



... flickered evilly, which was enough to short-circuit two relays and weld an undetermined number of hot switches. Charley's temper was short, and short-circuiting all electrical units ...
— Master of the Moondog • Stanley Mullen

... well illustrated by an amusing incident in the very early history of the station. A locomotive engineer had been engaged, as it was supposed he would not be afraid of anything. One evening there came a sudden flash of fire and a spluttering, sizzling noise. There had been a short-circuit on the copper mains in the station. The fireman hid behind the boiler and the engineer jumped out of the window. Mr. Sprague realized the trouble, quickly threw off the current ...
— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin



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