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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Short-circuited; p. pr. & vb. n. Short-circuiting.]
     (Elec.)
     To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two
     points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  short-circuit
       v 1: hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm
            feelings"
       2: create a short-circuit in [syn: short]
       3: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass
          these rules!" [syn: bypass, go around, get around]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  short-circuit
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en short circuit)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shortcircuit
     vb.
     (alternative form of en short-circuit)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  short-circuit
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en short circuit)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  shortcircuit
     vb.
     (alternative form of en short-circuit)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  short-circuit
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en short circuit)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  shortcircuit
     vb.
     (alternative form of en short-circuit)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  short-circuit
     vb.
     (alternative spelling of en short circuit)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  shortcircuit
     vb.
     (alternative form of en short-circuit)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  short-circuit /ʃˈɔːtsˈɜːkɪt/
  spojení nakrátko

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  short-circuit /ʃˈɔːtsˈɜːkɪt/ 
  přemostit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  short-circuit /ʃˈɔːtsˈɜːkɪt/ 
  zkratovat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  short-circuit /ʃˈɔːt sˈɜːkɪt/
  Kurzschluss , Kurzschluß  [alt]  [electr.]
        "be short-circuited"  - einen Kurzschluss haben
     Synonym: short
  
   see: short circuits, bolted fault
  

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  short-circuit /ʃˈɔːtsˈɜːkɪt/
  rövidzárlat

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  short-circuit /ˌʃɔ:tˈsɜ:kɪt/ 
    spięcie, zwarcie

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shortcircuit /ʃˈɔːtsəkˌɪt/
  1. kısa devre yapmak.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  short-circuit
     vt. 使短路,缩短

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 短路

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