circuit breaker
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circuit breaker
noun circuit breakers
- An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations. From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h.
- A circuit breaker that automatically breaks overcurrent conditions; a type of overcurrent protective device.
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Synonym of trading curb.
Similar: trading curb
- Quarantine measures intended to prevent spread of pandemics, especially COVID-19.
- A design pattern used to detect failures and prevent them from constantly recurring.
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noun high-current electrical switch
| Español | disjuntor, disyuntor, cortacircuitos, cortacorriente |
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| 한국어 | 차단기 chadan'gi, 두꺼비집 dukkeobijip |
| 日本語 | 遮断器 shadanki |
| 中文 | 斷路器 /断路器 duànlùqì |
| Português | disjuntor |
| Français | disjoncteur |
| Deutsch | Leistungsschutzschalter, Sicherungsautomat, Sicherung |
| Italiano | ruttore |
| Ελληνικά | διακόπτης κυκλώματος diakóptis kyklómatos |
| Română | disjunctor, separator, întrerupător |
| Русский | автомати́ческий выключа́тель avtomatíčeskij vyključátelʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | cầu dao, aptomat |
noun specific type of overcurrent protective device
| Español | disyuntor, cortacircuitos, cortacorriente |
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| Italiano | interruttore magnetotermico |
noun quarantine (Singapore)
| 中文 | 阻斷措施 /阻断措施 zǔduàncuòshī |
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