"circuit breaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: circuit breakers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} circuit breaker (plural circuit breakers)
  1. (electricity) An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations. Categories (topical): Electricity Translations (high-current electrical switch): tallacircuit [masculine] (Catalan), disjuntor [masculine] (Catalan), 斷路器 (Chinese Mandarin), 断路器 (duànlùqì) (Chinese Mandarin), zekering [feminine] (Dutch), katkaisin (Finnish), katkaisija (Finnish), disjoncteur [masculine] (French), Leistungsschutzschalter [masculine] (German), Sicherungsautomat [masculine] (German), Sicherung [feminine] (German), διακόπτης κυκλώματος (diakóptis kyklómatos) [masculine] (Greek), megszakító (Hungarian), pemutus daya (Indonesian), pemutus tenaga (Indonesian), scoradán ciorcaid [masculine] (Irish), réabaire ciorcaid [masculine] (Irish), iamh is oscailt [masculine] (Irish), ruttore [masculine] (Italian), 遮断器 (shadanki) (alt: しゃだんき) (Japanese), effektbryter [masculine] (Norwegian), bezpiecznik [masculine] (Polish), disjuntor [masculine] (Portuguese), disjunctor [neuter] (Romanian), separator [neuter] (Romanian), întrerupător [neuter] (Romanian), автомати́ческий выключа́тель (avtomatíčeskij vyključátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), disjuntor [masculine] (Spanish), effektbrytare [common-gender] (Swedish), dvärgbrytare [common-gender] (Swedish), สะพานไฟ (sà-paan-fai) (Thai), devre kesici (Turkish), şalter (Turkish), cầu dao (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-circuit_breaker-en-noun-HWwbFU4J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 26 26 10 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 21 19 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 24 25 16 23 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'high-current electrical switch': 54 31 5 3 7
  2. (electricity) More specifically, a circuit breaker that automatically breaks overcurrent conditions; a type of overcurrent protective device. Categories (topical): Electricity Derived forms: MCB (english: miniature circuit breaker), VCB (english: vacuum circuit breaker) Related terms: disconnector, fusebox, movement control order [Malaysia] Translations (specific type of overcurrent protective device): interruttore magnetotermico [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-circuit_breaker-en-noun-rgli~qPR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 26 26 10 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 21 19 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 24 25 16 23 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'specific type of overcurrent protective device': 11 55 13 5 16
  3. (finance) Synonym of trading curb Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: trading curb [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-circuit_breaker-en-noun-ZWaPyGYX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 26 26 10 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 21 19 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 24 25 16 23 Topics: business, finance
  4. (chiefly Singapore) Quarantine measures intended to prevent spread of pandemics, especially COVID-19. Tags: Singapore Categories (topical): Coronavirus Translations (quarantine (Singapore)): 阻斷措施 (Chinese Mandarin), 阻断措施 (zǔduàncuòshī) [traditional] (Chinese Mandarin), 阻断措施 (zǔduàncuòshī) [simplified] (Chinese Mandarin), pemutus rantaian jangkitan (Malay), மின்தடைச் சாதனம் (miṉtaṭaic cātaṉam) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-circuit_breaker-en-noun-UQ9ukWP4 Disambiguation of Coronavirus: 8 16 14 48 15 Categories (other): Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 26 26 10 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 21 19 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 24 25 16 23 Disambiguation of 'quarantine (Singapore)': 7 13 11 53 17
  5. (programming) A design pattern used to detect failures and prevent them from constantly recurring. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-circuit_breaker-en-noun-VL9MU0SC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 26 26 10 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 21 19 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 24 25 16 23 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
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      "word": "tallacircuit"
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "word": "斷路器"
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "word": "断路器"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Sicherung"
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "shadanki",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "word": "遮断器"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "effektbryter"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bezpiecznik"
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      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "întrerupător"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtomatíčeskij vyključátelʹ",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автомати́ческий выключа́тель"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "disjuntor"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "effektbrytare"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "dvärgbrytare"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-paan-fai",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "word": "สะพานไฟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "word": "devre kesici"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "word": "şalter"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "high-current electrical switch",
      "word": "cầu dao"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "specific type of overcurrent protective device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interruttore magnetotermico"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "quarantine (Singapore)",
      "word": "阻斷措施"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔduàncuòshī",
      "sense": "quarantine (Singapore)",
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      "word": "阻断措施"
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      "sense": "quarantine (Singapore)",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "quarantine (Singapore)",
      "word": "pemutus rantaian jangkitan"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "miṉtaṭaic cātaṉam",
      "sense": "quarantine (Singapore)",
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}

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