Interrupter definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Interrupter definition: a person or thing that interrupts | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'interrupter'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× interrupterinBritishEnglish orinterruptor(ˌɪntəˈrʌptə ) noun1. apersonorthingthatinterrupts 2. anelectromechanicaldeviceforopeningandclosinganelectriccircuit CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'raclette' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency interrupterinAmericanEnglish (ˌɪntəˈrʌptər ;ˌɪntərˈrʌptər ) noun1.  apersonorthingthatinterrupts 2. Electricity amechanismforintermittentlyopeningandclosingacircuit Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordFrequency interrupterinAmericanEnglish (ˌɪntəˈrʌptər) noun1. apersonorthingthatinterrupts 2. Electricity adeviceforinterruptingorperiodicallyopeningandclosingacircuit,asinadoorbell Also:interruptorMostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1505–15;interrupt+-er1] Examplesof'interrupter'inasentence interrupter Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Webothstareattheground,notwantingtolookourinterrupterintheeye.AlexGeorgeLOVEYOUMADLY(2002)Tosustainthetone,thesebellswereusuallymuchlargerthanareusedtodaywithinterrupterbells.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bellBirdproducedaunidirectionalinterrupterusingamechanismnowcalledsplitrings.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golding_BirdHisinterrupterworkedautomaticallybymagneticinductionatareasonablyfastrate.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golding_BirdPreviously,theinterrupterhadbeenamechanicaldevicerequiringthephysiciantoturnacogwheeloremployanassistanttodoso.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golding_BirdOneofthetrackcircuittailcableswouldbeconnectedtotheinterrupter,itbeingconnectedtotherail.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_circuit_interrupterSomeoptocouplershavea"slottedcoupler/interrupter"configuration.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opto-isolatorThisdesignsufferedfromthedisadvantagethatautomaticoperationwaslostandtheinterrupterhadonceagaintobehand-cranked.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golding_Bird Trendsof interrupter Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically interrupter interruptedfern interruptedscrew interruptedsleep interrupter interruption interscapular interscholastic AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'I' Relatedtermsof interrupter electrolyticinterrupter ground-faultinterrupter Source DefinitionofinterrupterfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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