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Webster 1913 Edition
Interrupter
Inˊter-rupt′er
,Noun.
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
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Interrupter
INTERRUPT'ER
,Noun.