"interrupter gear" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: interrupter gears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} interrupter gear (plural interrupter gears)
  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. Wikipedia link: interrupter gear Synonyms: synchronization gear
    Sense id: en-interrupter_gear-en-noun-Tw07839M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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