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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Short-circuit

· Short·-cir·cuit · IPA
01 v. t. To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
imp. & p. p. Short-circuited; p. pr. & vb. n. Short-circuiting
  1. 1.
    To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.(Elec.)