What is meant by short circuit?

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anonymous · Answer

a short circuit is a closed circuit that has little to no resistance.

anonymous · Answer

in any circuit if a voltage source is not fluctuating (i.e. dc source) and is connected with no resistance then somehow the whole battery got discharged. as result the circuit doesn't work
and that is called a short circuit. some times if the soure has a high potential then the process can be even hazardeous

anonymous · Answer

A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path, often where essentially no (or a very low) electrical impedance is encountered. The electrical opposite of a short circuit is an "open circuit", which is an infinite resistance between two nodes. It is common to misuse "short circuit" to describe any electrical malfunction, regardless of the actual problem.