HyperDic: short_circuit

English > 1 sense of the expression short circuit:
NOUNartifactshort circuit, shortaccidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
English > short circuit: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAccidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference.
Synonymshort
Part ofcircuit, electrical circuit, electric circuitAn electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
Broadercontact, tangency(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors / conductors) touch or are in physical contact
Spanishcorto circuito, cortocircuito
Catalancurt circuit, curtcircuit

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