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A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: short
Antonyms: none provided
A logical disconnect, such as cognitive dissonance or poor analysis.
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Usage: broadly, figuratively
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To cause a short circuit in.
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Usage: transitive
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To undergo a short circuit.
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Usage: intransitive
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To force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion, by bypassing one or more intermediary steps.
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Usage: broadly, transitive
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To impede or disrupt.
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Usage: broadly, transitive
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To bypass, especially by overhastiness.
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Usage: transitive
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To terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met, or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: short
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contact, tangency
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
կարճ միացում
(karč miacʻum)
— unintentional connection
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Azerbaijani:
qısa qapanma
— unintentional connection
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Belarusian:
каро́ткае замыка́нне
(karótkaje zamykánnje)
— unintentional connection
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Bulgarian:
къ́со съедине́ние
(kǎ́so sǎedinénie)
— unintentional connection
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Catalan:
curtcircuit
— unintentional connection
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Chinese Mandarin:
短路
(duǎnlù)
— unintentional connection
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Chinese Mandarin:
短接
(duǎnjiē)
— unintentional connection
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Czech:
zkrat
— unintentional connection
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Danish:
kortslutning
— unintentional connection
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Dutch:
kortsluiting
— unintentional connection
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Esperanto:
kurta cirkvito
— unintentional connection
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Estonian:
lühis
— unintentional connection
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Estonian:
lühiühendus
— unintentional connection
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Finnish:
oikosulku
— unintentional connection
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French:
court-circuit
— unintentional connection
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Georgian:
მოკლე ჩართვა
(moḳle čartva)
— unintentional connection
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Georgian:
მოკლე შერთვა
(moḳle šertva)
— unintentional connection
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German:
Kurzschluss
— unintentional connection
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Greek:
βραχυκύκλωμα
(vrachykýkloma)
— unintentional connection
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Hebrew:
קצר
(kétser)
— unintentional connection
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Hungarian:
rövidzárlat
— unintentional connection
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Hungarian:
rövidre zárás
— unintentional connection
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Indonesian:
hubungan pendek
— unintentional connection
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Indonesian:
korsleting
— unintentional connection
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Indonesian:
arus pendek
— unintentional connection
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Indonesian:
hubung pendek
— unintentional connection
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Irish:
gearrchiorcad
— unintentional connection
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Italian:
cortocircuito
— unintentional connection
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Japanese:
短絡
(tanraku)
— unintentional connection
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Japanese:
ショート
(shōto)
— unintentional connection
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Kazakh:
қысқаша тұйықталу
(qysqaşa tūiyqtalu)
— unintentional connection
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Korean:
쇼트
(syoteu)
— unintentional connection
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Korean:
합선
(hapseon)
— unintentional connection
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Latvian:
īssavienojums
— unintentional connection
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Macedonian:
краток спој
(kratok spoj)
— unintentional connection
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kortslutning
— unintentional connection
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kortslutning
— unintentional connection
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Occitan:
cortcircuit
— unintentional connection
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Polish:
zwarcie
— unintentional connection
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Polish:
spięcie
— unintentional connection
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Portuguese:
curto-circuito
— unintentional connection
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Russian:
коро́ткое замыка́ние
(korótkoje zamykánije)
— unintentional connection
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Serbo-Croatian:
кратки спој
— unintentional connection
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Serbo-Croatian:
kratki spoj
— unintentional connection
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Slovak:
skrat
— unintentional connection
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Slovene:
kratki stik
— unintentional connection
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Spanish:
cortocircuito
— unintentional connection
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Spanish:
corto
— unintentional connection
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Sranan Tongo:
syatusroiti
— unintentional connection
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Swedish:
kortslutning
— unintentional connection
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Tagalog:
laktod
— unintentional connection
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Ukrainian:
коро́тке замика́ння
(korótke zamykánnja)
— unintentional connection
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Vietnamese:
đoản mạch
— unintentional connection
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Welsh:
cylched fer
— unintentional connection
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Catalan:
curtcircuitar
— to cause a short circuit in
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Chinese Mandarin:
短接
(duǎnjiē)
— to cause a short circuit in
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Danish:
kortslutte
— to cause a short circuit in
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Estonian:
lühistama
— to cause a short circuit in
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French:
court-circuiter
— to cause a short circuit in
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Greek:
βραχυκυκλώνω
(vrachykyklóno)
— to cause a short circuit in
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Irish:
gearrchiorcad
— to cause a short circuit in
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Italian:
mandare in corto circuito
— to cause a short circuit in
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Japanese:
短絡する
(tanraku suru)
— to cause a short circuit in
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kortslutte
— to cause a short circuit in
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Polish:
spiąć
— to cause a short circuit in
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Polish:
zewrzeć
— to cause a short circuit in
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Portuguese:
curto-circuitar
— to cause a short circuit in
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Slovak:
spôsobiť skrat
— to cause a short circuit in
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Spanish:
cortocircuitar
— to cause a short circuit in
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Swedish:
kortsluta
— to cause a short circuit in
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Chinese Mandarin:
短路
(duǎnlù)
— to undergo a short circuit
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Spanish:
cortocircuitarse
— to undergo a short circuit