Definitions from Wiktionary (short circuit)
▸ noun: (electrical engineering) A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause a short circuit in.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To undergo a short circuit.
▸ verb: (transitive, by extension) To force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion, by bypassing one or more intermediary steps.
▸ verb: (transitive, by extension) To impede or disrupt.
▸ verb: (transitive, computing) 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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▸ noun: (electrical engineering) A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause a short circuit in.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To undergo a short circuit.
▸ verb: (transitive, by extension) To force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion, by bypassing one or more intermediary steps.
▸ verb: (transitive, by extension) To impede or disrupt.
▸ verb: (transitive, computing) 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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short,
fault,
latch-up,
leakage,
bridge,
latchup,
leak,
loose connection,
mis-shunt,
crossed wires,
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