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单词 interrupter
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interrupterinterruptorn.

Brit. /ˌɪntəˈrʌptə/, U.S. /ˌɪn(t)əˈrəptər/
Forms: Also 1500s -our(e.
Etymology: In form α, < Latin interruptor , agent-noun < interrumpĕre : compare French interrupteur ; in β, < interrupt v. + -er suffix1.
a. One who interrupts: see the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > person
letterc1390
interrupter1511
blancher1548
crosser1565
dog in the manger1573
thwarter1633
obstructer1647
obstructor1647
obstructive1835
filibusterer1856
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [noun] > interruption > one who
interrupter1511
interpellator1623
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindrance by interference > by interruption > one who
interpellator1623
interrupter1771
person from Porlock1894
α.
1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 10 The seid interruptoures and letters therof to be brought to Gaole.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Interruptour, interpellator.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lviii. 256 Wherefore our Queene her Interruptors sent.
1797 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) IV. 11 Princess Augusta declined any interruptors.
β. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie L 309 A distorber or letter of other: an interruptour [1580 interrupter].1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. vii. 237 To seeke out the high interrupter of it.1771 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 382 We were so busy no interrupters were admitted.1804 H. K. White Let. Sept. in Remains (1807) I. 126 The companion of my walks—the interrupter of my evening studies.1869 Daily News 16 Apr. This rebuke was loudly cheered by Mr. Aytoun's interrupters.
b. A device for interrupting an electric current.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > flow of electricity > [noun] > device interrupting
rheotome1843
interrupter1851
chopper1929
1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 302 It has been represented that Prof. Locke had merely invented a new species of ‘electrical interrupter’.
1881 S. P. Thompson Elem. Lessons Electr. & Magn. x. §398 The interruptors of induction coils are usually self-acting.
1881 Sci. Amer. XIX. 388 If a Helmholtz interrupter be employed to make and break the primary circuit.

Compounds

interrupter gear n. a timing device attached to machine-guns in aeroplanes to prevent the discharge of bullets when the propeller is in the line of fire. Also transferred.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > aircraft weapons or equipment > [noun] > aircraft gun > interrupter gear
interrupter gear1928
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > device shielding aircraft propeller
interrupter gear1928
1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station x. 150 The Fökker monoplane, which was equipped with a mechanical interrupter gear.
1932 Discovery Oct. 323/2 A very great advance..has been made in reducing the attrition of fabrics during washing, by an invention of the Research Association, called the Interrupter Gear.
1940 Flight 4 Jan. 7/1 That machine was..fitted with a rather crude but serviceable type of interrupter gear.
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