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Short circuit

A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Tangency 76% connected

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

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Short 74% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Short 74% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Circuit 70% connected

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

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Short 92% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current

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(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

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Characteristic curve noun · 78% connection

(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters

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Clipper noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a wave…

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Demodulation noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave

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Electronic network noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

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Fault noun · 78% connection

(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.…

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Frequency response noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency

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(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

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Abbreviate adjective · 78% connection

Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

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Air pump unknown · 78% connection

A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.

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Bridge noun · 78% connection

A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circuit, formed, closed, conductor, relatively.
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Circuiter noun · 78% connection

One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge.

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Cleistogamous adjective · 78% connection

Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of pl…

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Coefficient of mutual induction noun · 78% connection

a measure of the induction between two circuits; the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of curr…

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Conductibility noun · 78% connection

Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.

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Conduction noun · 78% connection

Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circuit, formed, closed, conductor, relatively.
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Conductivity noun · 78% connection

The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circuit, formed, closed, conductor, relatively.
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Coulomb noun · 78% connection

The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current prod…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circuit, formed, closed, conductor, relatively.
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Cut-out noun · 78% connection

A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circuit, formed, closed, conductor, relatively.
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Electricity noun · 78% connection

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, th…

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