short circuit

Meaning

Noun

A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.

Verb

1. (broadly, transitive) To cause a short circuit in.
2. (intransitive) To undergo a short circuit.
3. (broadly, transitive) To force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion, by bypassing one or more intermediary steps.
4. (broadly, transitive) To impede or disrupt.
5. (transitive) To bypass, especially by overhastiness.
6. (transitive) To terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met, or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for.

Synonyms

short

leakage

power failure

short-circuit

short pass

cutting-out

short out

fault

direct short

Translations

Kurzschluss

court-circuit

cortocircuito

cortocircuito

βραχυκύκλωμα

kortsluiting

curto-circuito

curtcircuit

corto circuito

cortacircuito

court-circuiter

corto

court circuit

Kurzschluss°

Etymology

short + circuit