short-circuitv.

Etymology: < short circuit n.

1. transitive.

a. To connect by a short circuit; to establish a short circuit in (an electric system).

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > establish short circuit [verb (transitive)]

short-circuit1867

1867 R. S. Culley Handbk. Pract. Telegr. (ed. 2) viii. 166 To short circuit a battery, to connect the poles by a wire.

1873 F. Jenkin Electr. & Magn. xiii. §15. 203 If any two coils touch or are connected through the silk, they are, in technical language, said to be short-circuited.

1886 L. Cumming Electricity iii. iii. 236 We find on short-circuiting the battery a deflection of 73°.

1893 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. 482 To short circuit a lamp.

1896 G. C. Foster & E. Atkinson Elem. Treat. Electr. & Magn. §345. 420 When the plug is placed at O, the galvanometer is ‘short-circuited’.

b. Of a conducting body: To be traversed by (a current) by way of short circuit. Also reflexive of a current: To make a short circuit.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > establish short circuit [verb (transitive)] > by current

short-circuit1882

1882 Nature 16 Nov. 59/1 If one of the machines drops in speed the currents from the other machines short-circuit themselves through the one.

1884 F. Krohn tr. G. Glaser de Cew Magneto- & Dynamo-electr. Machines 172 Care should be taken that these bed-plates do not short-circuit the magnetic lines of force from pole to pole of the field-magnets.

1908 Athenæum 28 Mar. 392/1 The patient..can be brought back to life, even after having ‘short-circuited’ a current of 2,000 volts.

c. To cut off the current from (part of an apparatus) by establishing a short circuit.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > establish short circuit [verb (transitive)] > cut off current

short-circuit1882

short1904

1882 Nature 27 July 289/2 Moreover, we doubt whether ‘the happy idea of filling up the space between the lead plates used by Planté with red lead’, would by any means produce the result of ‘vastly increasing the usefulness of that excellent apparatus: it would rather destroy it by short-circuiting it.

d. intransitive. Of electrical apparatus: to fail or cease working as a result of a short circuit occurring in it.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > [verb (intransitive)]

short-circuit1902

short1904

1902 Electr. Rev. 31 Oct. 732/1 Many a motor..condemned for short-circuiting when it is really the fault of the brakes.

1975 New Yorker 21 Apr. 34/2 It was a gutsy performance,..recalling Margo's near-rendezvous with Rock 'n Roll Heaven last September, when another jump~suit-cum-guitar short-circuited during an impromptu hailstorm in Louisville.

1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 15 Dec. 5/3 The machine short-circuited with a bang when it was switched on.

2. Surgery. To form a direct communication between two portions of an intestine above and below an obstruction; to make a direct passage from (an organ) into some other part when the normal passage is obstructed; to avoid (an obstruction) or establish (circulation) by this means.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > other surgical practices > perform other surgical practices [verb (transitive)] > shunt or by-pass

short-circuit1897

shunt1923

1897 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Mar. 645 As an alternative the gall-bladder may be short-circuited into the intestine.

1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Feb. 261 Wherever adhesions are very extensive and likely to recur it is better to short-circuit the obstruction.

1905 H. D. Rolleston Dis. Liver 259 The portal circulation through the liver is short-circuited.

3. figurative. To interrupt, to cut short; to bypass by taking more direct action. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > by taking more direct action > interrupt or cut short with more direct action

short-circuit1899

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > break the continuity of or interrupt [verb (transitive)] > break off suddenly

abrupt1634

short-circuit1924

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > by taking more direct action

short-circuit1978

1899 Educat. Rev. Dec. 475 The omnibus-institutions are to short-circuit the college.

1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages iii. 48 If you had happened to look at that rag you might have short-circuited your inquiry.

1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 159 The Council decision naturally short-circuited much of the debate which might have been expected in the Assembly.

1953 E. M. Forster Hill of Devi 40 Dewas and King-Emperor! In Dewas it often seemed that they might have much in common. Could one but short-circuit, all might yet be well.

1978 D. Bloodworth Crosstalk v. 40 It was..essential to have a secure means of short-circuiting the usual channels.

1979 D. Cupitt in M. Goulder Incarnation & Myth iii. 32 Here is matter for a great deal of controversy. I propose to short-circuit it by simply stipulating that [etc.].

Derivatives

short-circuitage n.

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1900 Westm. Gaz. 18 Oct. 8/2 The motor set the machinery in motion without anyone touching it owing to short circuitage.

short-ˈcircuited adj.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > rapid or efficient (of communication)

short-circuited1951

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adjective] > specific modes of action or operation > direct

immediate1533

direct1600

short-circuited1951

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > [adjective] > affected by short-circuit

short-circuited1951

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 145/2 A kind of streamlined or short-circuited version of the usual success pattern.

1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 88 247 It may be postulated that the more empathic two people are with one another, the more short-circuited or ‘efficient’ their communication.

short-ˈcircuiting n.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > specific manner of action or operation > direct action or operation

immediation1569

immediacya1616

short-circuiting1896

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on intestines

colotomy1860

jejunostomy1885

colostomy1887

ileocolostomy1887

ileo-ileostomy1887

ileostomy1890

caecostomy1891

ileosigmoidostomy1892

short-circuiting1896

ileectomy1900

typhlotomy1903

typhlectomy1913

sigmoidectomy1915

haemorrhoidectomy1917

jejunojejunostomy1925

hemicolectomy1926

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > [noun] > failure of appliance

short-circuiting1896

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] > making short or shorter > by cutting

truncation1579

curtailing1586

trunking1611

cropping1616

detruncation1623

procision1650

docking1728

short-circuiting1896

1896 A. E. Maylard Treat. Surg. Alim. Canal lxvi. 543 Entero-enterostomy (short-circuiting).—This operation is performed when it is impossible to remove the diseased portion of the bowel.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 233/1 In this manner..long and short discharges [can be] made in accordance with the signals of the Morse alphabet by manipulating the short-circuiting key of one of the choking coils.

1919 H. E. Penrose Wireless Telegr. iv. 75 Examine the band of the magnetic detector, the magnets, and the short-circuiting contacts of the manipulating key.

1928 Daily Express 21 Mar. 1/5 A successful operation for duodenal ulcer... The operation..is popularly known as ‘short circuiting’.

1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook iv. 39 The concept of bisociation implies a short-circuiting of two separate mental patterns.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	short-circuit
释义	short-circuitv. Etymology: < short circuit n. 1. transitive. a. To connect by a short circuit; to establish a short circuit in (an electric system). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > establish short circuit [verb (transitive)] short-circuit1867 1867 R. S. Culley Handbk. Pract. Telegr. (ed. 2) viii. 166 To short circuit a battery, to connect the poles by a wire. 1873 F. Jenkin Electr. & Magn. xiii. §15. 203 If any two coils touch or are connected through the silk, they are, in technical language, said to be short-circuited. 1886 L. Cumming Electricity iii. iii. 236 We find on short-circuiting the battery a deflection of 73°. 1893 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. 482 To short circuit a lamp. 1896 G. C. Foster & E. Atkinson Elem. Treat. Electr. & Magn. §345. 420 When the plug is placed at O, the galvanometer is ‘short-circuited’. b. Of a conducting body: To be traversed by (a current) by way of short circuit. Also reflexive of a current: To make a short circuit. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > establish short circuit [verb (transitive)] > by current short-circuit1882 1882 Nature 16 Nov. 59/1 If one of the machines drops in speed the currents from the other machines short-circuit themselves through the one. 1884 F. Krohn tr. G. Glaser de Cew Magneto- & Dynamo-electr. Machines 172 Care should be taken that these bed-plates do not short-circuit the magnetic lines of force from pole to pole of the field-magnets. 1908 Athenæum 28 Mar. 392/1 The patient..can be brought back to life, even after having ‘short-circuited’ a current of 2,000 volts. c. To cut off the current from (part of an apparatus) by establishing a short circuit. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > establish short circuit [verb (transitive)] > cut off current short-circuit1882 short1904 1882 Nature 27 July 289/2 Moreover, we doubt whether ‘the happy idea of filling up the space between the lead plates used by Planté with red lead’, would by any means produce the result of ‘vastly increasing the usefulness of that excellent apparatus: it would rather destroy it by short-circuiting it. d. intransitive. Of electrical apparatus: to fail or cease working as a result of a short circuit occurring in it. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > [verb (intransitive)] short-circuit1902 short1904 1902 Electr. Rev. 31 Oct. 732/1 Many a motor..condemned for short-circuiting when it is really the fault of the brakes. 1975 New Yorker 21 Apr. 34/2 It was a gutsy performance,..recalling Margo's near-rendezvous with Rock 'n Roll Heaven last September, when another jump~suit-cum-guitar short-circuited during an impromptu hailstorm in Louisville. 1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 15 Dec. 5/3 The machine short-circuited with a bang when it was switched on. 2. Surgery. To form a direct communication between two portions of an intestine above and below an obstruction; to make a direct passage from (an organ) into some other part when the normal passage is obstructed; to avoid (an obstruction) or establish (circulation) by this means. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > other surgical practices > perform other surgical practices [verb (transitive)] > shunt or by-pass short-circuit1897 shunt1923 1897 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Mar. 645 As an alternative the gall-bladder may be short-circuited into the intestine. 1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Feb. 261 Wherever adhesions are very extensive and likely to recur it is better to short-circuit the obstruction. 1905 H. D. Rolleston Dis. Liver 259 The portal circulation through the liver is short-circuited. 3. figurative. To interrupt, to cut short; to bypass by taking more direct action. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > by taking more direct action > interrupt or cut short with more direct action short-circuit1899 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > break the continuity of or interrupt [verb (transitive)] > break off suddenly abrupt1634 short-circuit1924 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > by taking more direct action short-circuit1978 1899 Educat. Rev. Dec. 475 The omnibus-institutions are to short-circuit the college. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages iii. 48 If you had happened to look at that rag you might have short-circuited your inquiry. 1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 159 The Council decision naturally short-circuited much of the debate which might have been expected in the Assembly. 1953 E. M. Forster Hill of Devi 40 Dewas and King-Emperor! In Dewas it often seemed that they might have much in common. Could one but short-circuit, all might yet be well. 1978 D. Bloodworth Crosstalk v. 40 It was..essential to have a secure means of short-circuiting the usual channels. 1979 D. Cupitt in M. Goulder Incarnation & Myth iii. 32 Here is matter for a great deal of controversy. I propose to short-circuit it by simply stipulating that [etc.]. Derivatives short-circuitage n. ΚΠ 1900 Westm. Gaz. 18 Oct. 8/2 The motor set the machinery in motion without anyone touching it owing to short circuitage. short-ˈcircuited adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > rapid or efficient (of communication) short-circuited1951 the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adjective] > specific modes of action or operation > direct immediate1533 direct1600 short-circuited1951 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > [adjective] > affected by short-circuit short-circuited1951 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 145/2 A kind of streamlined or short-circuited version of the usual success pattern. 1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 88 247 It may be postulated that the more empathic two people are with one another, the more short-circuited or ‘efficient’ their communication. short-ˈcircuiting n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > specific manner of action or operation > direct action or operation immediation1569 immediacya1616 short-circuiting1896 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on intestines colotomy1860 jejunostomy1885 colostomy1887 ileocolostomy1887 ileo-ileostomy1887 ileostomy1890 caecostomy1891 ileosigmoidostomy1892 short-circuiting1896 ileectomy1900 typhlotomy1903 typhlectomy1913 sigmoidectomy1915 haemorrhoidectomy1917 jejunojejunostomy1925 hemicolectomy1926 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > [noun] > failure of appliance short-circuiting1896 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] > making short or shorter > by cutting truncation1579 curtailing1586 trunking1611 cropping1616 detruncation1623 procision1650 docking1728 short-circuiting1896 1896 A. E. Maylard Treat. Surg. Alim. Canal lxvi. 543 Entero-enterostomy (short-circuiting).—This operation is performed when it is impossible to remove the diseased portion of the bowel. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 233/1 In this manner..long and short discharges [can be] made in accordance with the signals of the Morse alphabet by manipulating the short-circuiting key of one of the choking coils. 1919 H. E. Penrose Wireless Telegr. iv. 75 Examine the band of the magnetic detector, the magnets, and the short-circuiting contacts of the manipulating key. 1928 Daily Express 21 Mar. 1/5 A successful operation for duodenal ulcer... The operation..is popularly known as ‘short circuiting’. 1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook iv. 39 The concept of bisociation implies a short-circuiting of two separate mental patterns. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.1867
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