Sekirov Dictionary

short circuit

verb 6
noun 2
forms 6

verb6

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To cause a short circuit in.
- In the motor control room aft, a crewman crashed against the main electrical switchboard, short-circuiting it with his body, and all power aboard was lost. — 1984
To undergo a short circuit.
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To force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion, by bypassing one or more intermediary steps.
- [H]is temporarily successful attempt to smear Redfield is an effort to short-circuit the narrative into premature and mistaken resolution. — 1998
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To bypass, especially by overhastiness.
- By multiplying interpretive registers, however, Baudelaire's text short-circuits the desire for identification as well as erodes any rigid allegorical mapping. — 2014
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To terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met, or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for.
- For example, to short-circuit the "LoggedIn()" or "LogIn()" "if" conditional, replace the "Or" with "OrElse" and the statement is interpreted to mean "if not logged in, then log in". — 2002
To impede or disrupt.

noun2

A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
(figurative) A logical disconnect, such as cognitive dissonance or poor analysis.

forms

short circuited · short-circuited · short circuiting · short-circuiting · short circuits · short-circuits

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