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unshort

unshort verb: to remove a short circuit from.

Verb

unshort (third-person singular simple present unshorts, present participle unshorting, simple past and past participle unshorted)

  1. (transitive) To remove a short circuit from.
    • Unshort the wires, and give the whole circuit a final test.1954, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, Gunner's Mate 1 & C, page 460
    • Unshort the firing wires and connect them to the firing wire terminals of the timer.1962, Demolition Materials, United States: Bureau of Naval Weapons, pages 5-28

Forms of unshort

third-person singular presentunshorts
present participleunshorting
past participleunshorted
pastunshorted

Origin of unshort

un- + short

Questions about unshort

What does unshort mean?
Unshort means to remove a short circuit from.
What part of speech is unshort?
Unshort is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshort?
The past tense of unshort is unshorted.

Words near unshort in the dictionary

  1. unshoots
  2. unshopped
  3. unshored
  4. unshorn
  5. unshornness
  6. unshort
  7. unshorted
  8. unshorten
  9. unshortenable
  10. unshortened
  11. unshortening

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