It means of short length or of short time. It's also a way of calling a movie snippet that is screened on a promotional basis. Paper clip. It is a shortened way of referring to a short circuit, that is, a total or partial cancellation of the electrical resistance, caused by an erroneous connection. It leads to a considerable increase in the intensity of the current, which generates spark or fire. It doesn't cover the entirety of what it should. It is also an inflection of cutting, which means cutting, sectioning, fractioning, dividing, amputating, pruning.
