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• shorted — ʃɔrt /ʃɔːt n. short circuit, malfunction of a circuit caused by an unintentional low resistance connection (Electricity); main point; motion picture of less than 30 minutes (Slang); shot, small drink of liquor (British) adj. not long,… …   English contemporary dictionary

• shorted — past of short …   Useful english dictionary

• Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender …   Wikipedia

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• Growler (electrical device) — A growler is an electrical device used for testing insulation of a motor for shorted coils. A growler consists of a coil of wire wrapped around an iron core and connected to a source of AC current. When placed on the stator core of a motor the… …   Wikipedia

• Current limiting — is the practice in electrical or electronic circuits of imposing an upper limit on the current that may be delivered to a load with the purpose of protecting the circuit generating or transmitting the current from harmful effects due to a short… …   Wikipedia

• electric motor — motor (def. 4). [1885 90] * * * Introduction       any of a class of devices that convert electrical energy to mechanical energy, usually by employing electromagnetic phenomena.       Most electric motors develop their mechanical torque by the… …   Universalium

• Cable tester — A cable tester is an electronic device used to verify the electrical connections in a cable or other wired assembly. Generally a cable tester consists of: # A source of electric current, # A volt meter, # A switching matrix used to connect the… …   Wikipedia

• Power MOSFET — A Power MOSFET is a specific type of Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) designed to handle large power. Compared to the other power semiconductor devices (IGBT, Thyristor...), its main advantages are high commutation speed …   Wikipedia

• Commutation cell — The commutation cell is the basic structure in power electronics. It is composed of an electronic switch (today a high power semiconductor, not a mechanical switch) and a diode. It was traditionally referred to as a chopper, but since switching… …   Wikipedia

• Popular Science Predictions Exchange — Infobox Website name = Popular Science Predictions Exchange url = http://ppx.popsci.com/ type = Prediction market [http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsnew/e77ff35e5990e010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html The Science behind PPX] owner = Popular Science …   Wikipedia