NOUN
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
How To Use short circuit In A Sentence
- The object of the present invention is to realize a system apt to eliminate almost entirely both this type of risk of fulminations and also the risk of short circuits.
- Just as an electrical fuse blows when power surges, so the human electrical system short circuits when overwhelmed.
- He said that the fire was probably caused by a short circuit or carelessness. Times, Sunday Times
- MANGALORE: With the 48-hour warning from the meteorological department ending on Wednesday, fishermen are likely to venture into the sea on Thursday, if the skies present a clear News Service A purse seine boat which went for fishing from Mangalore port accidentally caught fire in the mid sea owing to short circuit and capsized at WN.com - Articles related to Heli tourism to be promoted
- Be careful! A short circuit will blow out the fuse.
- A short circuit is simply a low resistance connection between the two conductors supplying electrical power to any circuit.
- My friend's beautiful home on the intercoastal with his amazing boat and a huge keg of my favorite beer, the variety of food and the monster supermarkets almost short circuited my brain. Home
- Yes, Sarah, stay with the GOP. your electricity short circuited its efforts to mount a successful campaign for the White House. your talents will be needed in 2012 so that President Obama will be reelected without any close GOP competition. Huckabee warns Palin: Don't leave GOP
- The fire was caused by a short circuit.
- Be careful! A short circuit will blow out the fuse.