Какво означава short circuit на английски?

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short circuit Значение & определение

0 a bad electrical connection that causes the current to flow in the wrong direction, often having the effect of stopping the power supply
1 to have or cause a bad electrical connection that makes the current flow in the wrong direction, which often has the effect of stopping the power supply:
- If those two wires touch, the appliance will short-circuit and probably go up in flames.
2 to do something more quickly than usual, by avoiding some of the parts of the process:
- We may be able to short-circuit this litigation before it drags on forever.
- The agency short-circuited the normal construction process by conducting environmental studies at the same time that preliminary studies were done.
3 an electrical connection that not working correctly and allows too much current to flow into a circuit (= a closed system of wires), causing a dangerous condition

Metallic nanotubes short-circuit electronic devices and must be sifted out from the semiconducting ones.
If you short-circuit a battery with a piece of wire, a large current will flow, and the battery will get warm as energy is transferred within it.
Water had entered the radio station and short-circuited the cabling.
This short-circuited the power supply to the Bakerloo line, forcing the line to be suspended between Paddington and Elephant and Castle .
A young man died after his defibrillator short-circuited.
Players with enough cash potentially short-circuit this process.
Short-circuiting the usual long routine of cautious animal testing, the drug is already being offered to patients whose illness has no other treatment.
We might be able to short-circuit this whole ridiculous process.