interrupter gear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A triggering device attached to the machine gun armament of fighter aircraft so that the gun could fire through the arc of a spinning propeller without the bullets striking the blades.

Word forms

interrupter gear interrupter gears
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