English
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|sg=short circuit
- An unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
Synonyms
short
Translations
Czech: zkrat m
Dutch: kortsluiting f
Finnish: oikosulku
Greek: t|el|β�α��κ�κλ�μα|n|sc=Grek (vrachykýkloma)
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Portuguese: curto-circuito m
Russian: ко�о�кое зам�кание n
Verb
en-verb
- transitive to cause a short circuit in
- transitive context|by extension to force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion by bypassing one or more intermediary steps
#* 1998: Catherine Nickerson, The Web of Iniquity
#*: [H]is temporarily successful attempt to smear Redfield is an effort to short-circuit the narrative into premature and mistaken resolution.
#* 2002: Jim Kasper, Short Cycle Selling: Beating Your Competitors in the Sales Race,
#*: You do not need to follow your entire sales cycle if the customer wants to short-circuit it for you.
#* 2003: Gina Hens-Piazza, Nameless, Blameless, and Without Shame: Two Cannibal Mothers Before a King
#*: My mother, determined to short-circuit my outcry, would match my objections by pointing out an inherent reward for doing such work.
- transitive context|computing to terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for
#* 2002: Paul Kimmel, Visual Basic.Net Unleashed
#*: For example, to short-circuit the LoggedIn?() or LogIn?() if conditional, replace the Or with OrElse? and the statement is interpreted to mean if not logged in, then log in.
#* 2002: Jose Mojico, C# and VB.NET Conversion Pocket Reference
#*: If you would like to short-circuit, you must replace And with the AndAlso? keyword and Or with the OrElse? keyword, as follows....
#* 2006: Jay Hillard & Stephen Teilhet, C# Cookbook
#*: The Demand is done to ensure that you have indeed been granted this permission before using the Assert'' to short-circuit the stackwalk.
Alternative spellings
short-circuit
Usage notes
Senses 2 and 3 usually use the hyphenated spelling short-circuit.
Derived terms
short circuit operator
Translations
trans-top|cause a short circuit
Greek: t|el|β�α��κ�κλ�ν�|sc=Grek (vrachykyklóno)
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