circuit breaker

circuit breakernoun

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  businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityAn 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.
  • Typically traction packages monitor the supply frequency and if it strays outside pre-set limits open the circuit breaker between the pantograph and the transformer to shut off the power.
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  businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityAn electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.

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  businessfinanceSynonym of trading curb.

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  Quarantine measures intended to prevent spread of pandemics, especially COVID-19.

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  computingengineeringmathematicsA design pattern used to detect failures and prevent them from constantly recurring.