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Definition 2024

circuit_breaker

circuit breaker

See also: circuit-breaker

English

Noun

circuit breaker ‎(plural circuit breakers)

(electrical engineering) An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.

Translations

electrical switch

Chinese:
Mandarin: 斷路器 (zh), 断路器 (zh)
Dutch: zekering (nl) f
Finnish: katkaisija (fi)
French: disjoncteur (fr) m
German: Leistungsschalter m
Greek: διακόπτης κυκλώματος m ‎(diakóptis kyklómatos)

Norwegian: effektbryter m
Polish: bezpiecznik (pl) m
Portuguese: disjuntor (pt) m
Romanian: disjunctor (ro) n, separator (ro) n, întrerupător (ro) n
Russian: автомати́ческий выключа́тель m ‎(avtomatíčeskij vyključátelʹ)
Spanish: disjuntor m
Swedish: effektbrytare c, dvärgbrytare c
Turkish: devre kesici, şalter (tr)

See also

disconnector