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Word: short circuit (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

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

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Verb:

  • by extension to force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion by bypassing one or more intermediary steps
  • computing to terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for
  • transitive to cause a short circuit in

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