What does short-circuit mean?

short-circuit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

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"In my hand was a sharp knife—contemptible, you were satisfied, as a weapon; beneath my nose the 'flex' of the electric lamp. It was only necessary for me to draw the one across the other and the system was short-circuited."

short-circuits (present, singular) short-circuiting (participle, present) short-circuited (participle, past) short-circuited (past)

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