short circuit

     

A short circuit (sometimes abbreviate to short or s/c) allows a current to flow along a different path from the one intended. The electrical opposite of a short circuit is an open circuit, which is infinite resistance between two nodes. It is common to misuse "short circuit" to describe any electrical malfunction, regardless of the actual problem.

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  • In electricity, having a "short" is short for this kind of problem
  • "No. 5 is alive" in this robotic film:"S____ C____"
  • A failure in an electrical path
  • This film starring Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg & a robot electrified audiences in '86
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates a science experiment.) The iron wire heats up as electricity flows through it; if you shorten the wire, it melts a result of this electrical condition, an excess flow of charge

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