Definition of Short circuit. Meaning of Short circuit. Synonyms of Short circuit

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Definition of Short circuit

Short circuit
Short circuit Short" cir"cuit (Elec.) A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.

Meaning of Short circuit from wikipedia

- A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or very...
- Short Circuit is a 1986 American science fiction comedy film directed by John Badham and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock. The film centers on...
- Look up short circuit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A short circuit is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended...
- Short-circuit evaluation, minimal evaluation, or McCarthy evaluation (after John McCarthy) is the semantics of some Boolean operators in some programming...
- Short Circuit 2 is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film, the sequel to the 1986 film Short Circuit. It was directed by Kenneth Johnson and starred...
- Short circuit ratio (or SCR) has multiple meanings: Short circuit ratio (synchronous generator), a value used to characterize the stability of an electromechanical...
- purpose was to protect lighting circuit wiring from accidental short circuits and overloads. A modern miniature circuit breaker similar to the ones now...
- The purpose of a short-circuit test is to determine the series branch parameters of the equivalent circuit of a transformer. The test is conducted on...
- The prospective short-circuit current (PSCC), available fault current, or short-circuit making current is the highest electric current which can exist...
- Annealing by short circuit is a method of efficiently annealing copper wire which employs a controlled electrical short circuit. It can be advantageous...