Short-circuit

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:06:38

Short"-cir`cuit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Short-circuited; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

 

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