short circuitnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌʃɔːt ˈsɜː.kɪt/us/ˌʃɔːrt ˈsɝː.kɪt/informal shorta bad electrical connection that causes the current to flow in the wrong direction, often having the effect of stopping the power supply
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Electrical components & circuitry
- accumulator
- anode
- armature
- baseband chip
- capacitor
- cathode ray
- chip
- circuit
- circuit board
- commutator
- electrics
- electrode
- electromotive
- fuel cell
- fused
- grid
- integrated circuit
- negative pole
- NiCad
- parallel
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short-circuit
verb [ I or T ] ukusinformal short
to cause a short circuit:
If those two wires touch, the appliance will short-circuit and probably go up in flames.