D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Short circuit

/shôrt sẽrk'-ət/ · Short· cir·cuit · IPA
01 A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
  1. 1.
    A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.(Elec.)