If the path of the circuit bypasses the load the circuit is said to be?

Short circuit refers to a circuit that does not have a load. For example, if the lamp is connected to the circuit but a direct connection is present between the battery’s negative terminal and its positive terminal,
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Current in a short circuit can flow at dangerously high levels. Short circuits can damage electronic components, cause a battery to explode, or maybe start a fire.

The short circuit illustrates an important point about electrical circuits: it is possible — common, even — for a circuit to have multiple pathways for current to flow. The current can flow through the lamp as well as through the path that connects the two battery terminals directly.

Current flows everywhere it can. If your circuit has two pathways through which current can flow, the current doesn’t choose one over the other; it chooses both. However, not all paths are equal, so current doesn’t flow equally through all paths.

For example, current will flow much more easily through the short circuit than it will through the lamp. Thus, the lamp will not glow because nearly all of the current will bypass the lamp in favor of the easier route through the short circuit. Even so, a small amount of current will flow through the lamp.

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