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: --
2 to do something more quickly than usual, by avoiding some of the parts of the process: --
The agency short-circuited the normal construction process by conducting environmental studies at the same time that preliminary studies were done.
We may be able to short-circuit this litigation before it drags on forever.
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 --
As the bitumen leaked from the cylinder linking the two switches, the insulation level fell until the short circuit which caused the explosion occurred.
We do not need to use mechanisms that require a short circuit of the rules.
What changes can be made to short circuit these interminable procedures?
As a result, when there is a short circuit, sparks fly.
The machinery is cumbersome, but it is imposed by the objective 1 mechanism which we cannot vary or short circuit.
Streamline or short circuit, it is the same thing.
At the inquest it is said to have been caused by a faulty electric light wire or a short circuit in the television.
The source of a flame must be a smouldering cigarette or an electrical short circuit.
