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Circuit breaker   /sˈərkət brˈeɪkər/   Listen
Circuit breaker

noun
1.
A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded.  Synonym: breaker.





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"Circuit breaker" Quotes from Famous Books



... A.M., locating an unused 110-volt circuit in the stadium and running buried wires from the stadium circuit to the 40-yard line, where they buried the balloon device. When the time came to activate the device, two fraternity members had merely to flip a circuit breaker and push a plug ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


Words linked to "Circuit breaker" :   safety fuse, breaker, fuse, electrical fuse


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