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Definition: Short-circuit |
Short-circuitVerb1. Hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings". 2. Create a short-circuit in. 3. Avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "short-circuit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
Note: Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Short-circuited; present participle verb or noun Short-circuiting.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | An accidental or intentional connection, by a relatively low resistance or impedance, of two or more points in a circuit which are normally at different voltages. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Short-circuitSynonyms: bypass (v), get around (v), go around (v), short (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: short circuit (electrical engineering). |
Crosswords: Short-circuit |
| English words defined with "short-circuit": short, Short-circuited, Short-circuiting. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "short-circuit": blasting switch ♦ extrapolated gain-frequency product ♦ Norton's theorem ♦ transition frequency, TREE TRIMMER, tree trimmer, line clearance, tree-trimming-line technician ♦ unity-gain frequency. (references) |
| "Short-circuit" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "Short-circuit" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 62.5% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 37.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "short-circuit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 短路 (Short-circuited, Short-circuiting). (various references) | |
Danish | kortslutningsimpedans for et viklingspar (ohmic value related to one of the windings, short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings), kortslutningsbremse (short-circuit brake), beregning af kortslutningsstrøm (short-circuit current calculations). (various references) | |
Dutch | kortsluitstroomberekening (short-circuit current calculations), kortsluitrem (short-circuit brake), kortsluitimpedantie van een wikkelingspaar (ohmic value related to one of the windings, short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings). (various references) | |
Finnish | oikosulkuvirran laskenta (short-circuit current calculations), käämitysparin oikosulkuimpedanssi (ohmic value related to one of the windings, short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings). (various references) | |
French | valeur ohmique ramenée l'un des enroulements (short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings), impédance libre (short-circuit impedance), impédance en court-circuit (short-circuit impedance), impédance de court-circuit d'une paire d'enroulements (short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings), frein court-circuit (short-circuit brake), calculs des courants de court circuit (short-circuit current calculations). (various references) | |
German | kurzschlussfest (short-circuit-proof). (various references) | |
Greek | σύνθετη αντίσταση βραχυκύκλωσης ζεύγους τυλιγμάτων (ohmic value related to one of the windings, short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings), πέδη βραχυκυκλώματος (short-circuit brake), πέδη με βραχυκύκλωση (short-circuit brake), υπολογισμοί ρευμάτων βραχυκυκλώσεως (short-circuit current calculations). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rövidzárlat (blow out, burnt-out coil, short, short circuit). (various references) | |
Italian | valore ohmico riferito ad un avvolgimento (ohmic value related to one of the windings, short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings), impedenza di corto circuito di una coppia di avvolgimenti (ohmic value related to one of the windings, short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings), freno a corto circuito (short-circuit brake), calcolo delle correnti di corto circuito (short-circuit current calculations). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 短絡 (draw a hasty inference between two events, electric short-circuit). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | た"らく (draw a hasty inference between two events, electric short-circuit), ショートサーキットア"ール (short-circuit appeal). (various references) | |
Korean | 단락. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ort-circuitshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ligar em curto-circuito. (various references) | |
Russian | короткое замыкание (short circuit, shortcut-circuit). (various references) | |
Spanish | valor óhmico referido a uno de los arrollamientos (ohmic value related to one of the windings, short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings), impedancia de cortocircuito de un par de arrollamientos (ohmic value related to one of the windings, short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings), freno de cortocircuito (short-circuit brake), cálculos de corrientes de cortocircuito (short-circuit current calculations). (various references) | |
Swedish | kortslutningsimpedans för lindningspar (ohmic value related to one of the windings, short-circuit impedance of a pair of windings), beräkningar av kortslutningsström (short-circuit current calculations). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Short-circuit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: shortcircuit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "short-circuit" (pronounced 'Short"-cir`cuit'): Break-circuit. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-h-i-i-o-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: cirrhotics. | |
-3 letters: cirrhotic, touristic. | |
-4 letters: circuits, critturs, historic, orchitic, orchitis, shortcut, thrustor, tristich, truistic. | |
-5 letters: chutist, circuit, cirrous, citrous, critics, crittur, currish, ostrich, outhits, ruttish, scirrhi, soritic, stichic, succoth, tictocs, tourist, tricots, trustor. | |
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