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Interrupter   Listen
noun
Interrupter  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, interrupts.
2.
(Elec.) A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself. (Also spelled interruptor)





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"Interrupter" Quotes from Famous Books



... stoop-shouldered, looked up from a clump of cargo reports and blinked through convex, thick, steel spectacles at his interrupter. His eyes were red and dim with a gray-blue, uncertain definition which always reminded Peter of oysters. Blanchard had been purser of the Vandalia for thirteen years, and Peter knew that the man possessed the garrulous habits of the ...
— Peter the Brazen - A Mystery Story of Modern China • George F. Worts
... his interrupter. "I had feared it shorter—oh, excellent! Now my lads, we require the chaise—up with you, set to the horses and be ready to start in ten minutes at ...
— Peregrine's Progress • Jeffery Farnol


Words linked to "Interrupter" :   device, interrupt


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