"short" značenje u engleski leksikon

1. Low in stature; not tall
2. Primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length
3. Most direct; SYN. shortest.
4. (Prosody) Used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration.
5. (Phonetics) Of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in 'pat', 'pet', 'pit', 'pot', putt').
6. (Of memory) Deficient in retentiveness or range
7. Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
8. (Finance) Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
9. Unwilling to endure; SYN. unforbearing.
10. Lacking foresight or scope; SYN. shortsighted, unforesightful.
11. Containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes

1. Tightly
2. So as to interrupt
3. At some point or distance before a goal is reached
4. At a disadvantage; SYN. unawares.
5. Clean across
6. (Finance) Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

Množina: Shorts

British aircraft manufacturers. The Type 184 seaplane 1914 was the first aircraft to carry a torpedo and, during the World War I Gallipoli campaign, was the first aircraft to sink an enemy ship with a torpedo.
The firm began by making balloons 1898 and only turned to aircraft 1908. The company also manufactured a number of airships for the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service in their Bedford factory.

Množina: shorts

1. The sum and substance; upshot
2. A short syllable; a short sound or signal
3. Knee-length or less than knee-length trousers — usually used in plural; short drawers; a size in clothing for short men
5. One who operates on the short side of the market plural; short-term bonds
6. Deficiencies
7. Short circuit
8. Shortstop
9. Short subject; a brief story or article (as in a newspaper)
10. The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.

1. Short-circuit
2. Shortchange, cheat
3. To sell (a security) short in expectation of a fall in prices

Množina: short accounts

1. A brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own).
2. The aggregate of short sales on an open market.

Dealt with very quickly; to the point.

Množina: short articles

Množina: short ballots

A ballot limiting the number of elective offices to the most important legislative and executive posts and leaving minor positions to be filled by appointment

Množina: short bills

Množina: short bones

A bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions; SYN. os breve.

Množina: short breaks

Množina: short cards

A printed circuit board that is half as long as a standard-size circuit board. Also called: half-card. See also printed circuit board.

Množina: short circuits

1. An overloaded electrical circuit; SYN. short.
2. When two points that have a potential difference come into contact the circuit is said to be shorted.
Direct connection between two points in an electrical circuit.
Its relatively low resistance means that a large current flows through it, bypassing the rest of the circuit, and this may cause the circuit to overheat dangerously.