NOUN
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
How To Use short circuit In A Sentence
- The hardware has been redesigned to prevent damage caused by short circuits or power surges.
- Figure of Eight racing is not for faint-hearted drivers or spectators, but it provides some of the most thrilling racing on the short circuit scene.
- Many of them were young boys whose wire strings hit electrical power lines, causing short circuits.
- Avoid nailing or stapling the wires in place, since this can easily damage the insulation jacket on the outside of the wire and create corrosion in the wire or a short circuit against the staple.
- Cracks in the gelcoat used to waterproof the packaging resulted in technical failure due to water short circuiting the power supply.
- The short circuit current of large load center that excesses the regulation standard seriously endangers security and stability of power grid.
- It was caused by a short circuit that resulted in a thermal overload that spread the fire to other cells. Times, Sunday Times
- It is an insecure factor for power system operation short circuit currents exceed breakers interrupting capabilities.
- David Caplan, deputy New York bureau chief, "Star" magazine, my brain short circuited on that question. CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2007
- The balloon deflated over the wires resulting in a short circuit to the electricity supply.
