English Explanatory Dictionary

circuit breaker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.
  2. A circuit breaker that automatically breaks overcurrent conditions; a type of overcurrent protective device.
  3. Synonym of trading curb.
  4. Quarantine measures intended to prevent spread of pandemics, especially COVID-19.
  5. A design pattern used to detect failures and prevent them from constantly recurring.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-circuit breaker.wav

Word forms

circuit breaker circuit breakers

Synonyms

trading curb

Related words

disconnector fusebox movement control order

Derived words

MCB VCB

Translations

Catalan: tallacircuit Catalan: disjuntor Chinese Mandarin: 斷路器 /断路器 Dutch: zekering Finnish: katkaisin Finnish: katkaisija French: disjoncteur German: Leistungsschutzschalter German: Sicherungsautomat German: Sicherung Greek: διακόπτης κυκλώματος Hungarian: megszakító Indonesian: pemutus daya Indonesian: pemutus tenaga Indonesian: pemutus sirkit Indonesian: pemutus rangkai Indonesian: pemutus arus Indonesian: pemutus sirkuit Irish: scoradán ciorcaid Irish: réabaire ciorcaid Irish: iamh is oscailt Italian: ruttore Japanese: 遮断器 Korean: 차단기 Korean: 두꺼비집 Malay: pemutus litar Māori: katiara Norwegian: effektbryter Polish: bezpiecznik Portuguese: disjuntor Romanian: disjunctor Romanian: separator Romanian: întrerupător Russian: автомати́ческий выключа́тель Spanish: disjuntor Spanish: disyuntor Spanish: cortacircuitos Spanish: cortacorriente Swedish: effektbrytare Swedish: dvärgbrytare Thai: สะพานไฟ Turkish: devre kesici Turkish: şalter Vietnamese: cầu dao Vietnamese: aptomat
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