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}.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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interrupter — noun a) One who or that which interrupts. b) A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit … Wiktionary
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