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单词 circuit breaker
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circuit breakern.

Brit. /ˈsəːkɪt breɪkə/, U.S. /ˈsərkət ˌbreɪkər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: circuit n., breaker n.1
Etymology: < circuit n. + breaker n.1
1. A device that stops or interrupts the flow of current in an electric circuit; (in later use spec.) an automatic safety device that protects a circuit from the effects of a power surge or other voltage anomaly.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > circuit-breaker > [noun]
contact-breaker1838
cutout1874
safety fuse1882
break-circuita1884
fuse1884
contactor1910
oil circuit-breaker1916
tapping key1916
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > flow of electricity > [noun] > device interrupting
rheotome1843
interrupter1851
chopper1929
1850 Astron. Jrnl. 1 50/2 The introduction of the automatic circuit-breakers, for graduating the registers, gave hopes of better success.
1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 251 A delicate circuit-breaker..arranged to break the circuit of a telegraph line at the vibration.
1943 Triumphs of Engin. 74/2 In addition to this safeguard, high-speed circuit-breakers are introduced into the lines at the switching stations.
2007 Horse & Rider Oct. 84/1 If you are connecting straight to the mains, use a circuit breaker as this cuts off electricity in an emergency.
2022 Targeted News Service (Nexis) 15 Apr. A dead tank circuit breaker for protecting electrical components against electrical surges and other voltage anomalies such as transient overvoltages.
2. figurative.
a. Something which serves to put a (temporary) stop to an undesirable situation or event.
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1955 Hospitals Feb. 102/3 Job analysis can serve as a circuit breaker of inefficient work methods and poor placement of equipment.
1973 Financing Schools & Property Tax Relief (U.S Advisory Comm. Intergovernm. Relations) v. 44 In recent years tax policy-makers have turned to a new form of property tax relief—the circuit-breaker... It protects the poor from tax overload without disrupting the flow of tax revenue from those able to pay.
1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 27 Oct. 3 A spokesman..said jails had to be returned to normal discipline and that a circuit-breaker to the present dispute needed to be found.
2020 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 28 May [With reference to a brief lockdown (lockdown n. 2b) aimed to reduce the spread of disease.] With nowhere to go given the Covid-19 circuit breaker, most residents in the quiet Boon Lay neighbourhood had settled in for the night.
b. Stock Market. An automatic, temporary halt placed on stock trading, either in a stock market or an individual stock, typically as a means of inhibiting panic selling or to prevent automated trading processes from accelerating a market run.Circuit breakers are typically triggered when a fall in price of a specified percentage occurs.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements
intromission1567
hedginga1631
retiring1681
partnership1704
put1718
time bargain1720
bargain for time1721
option1746
call1825
put and call1826
cornering1841
corner1853
raid1866
pooling1871
squeeze1872
call option1874
recapitalization1874
short squeeze1877
split-up1878
margin call1888
pyramid1888
profit taking1891
pyramiding1895
underwriting1895
melon-cutting1900
round turn1901
market-making1902
put-through1902
put and take1921
round trip1922
put and take1929
leverage1931
split-down1932
switching1932
give-up1934
mark to market1938
recap1940
rollover1947
downtick1954
stock split1955
traded option1955
leg1959
stock splitting1959
rollover1961
split1972
spread betting1972
unitization1974
marking-to-market1981
swap1982
telebroking1984
1988 N. L. Brady et al. Rep. U.S. Presidential Task Force Market Mechanisms vii. 66 Circuit breakers cushion the impact of market movements, which would otherwise damage market infrastructures.
1999 OECD Econ. Surv.: U.S. iii. 87 These circuit breaker rules were first instituted in the aftermath of the 1987 stock market crash but were applied only once the index fell 554 points, or 7.2 per cent, in October 1997.
2015 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Aug. b1 The stomach-churning drop on the Toronto Stock Exchange Monday morning triggered a rare flurry of circuit breakers that cut trading in individual stocks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

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circuit breaker
circuit breaker n. an automatic, temporary halt placed on stock trading, either in a stock market or an individual stock, typically as a means of inhibiting panic selling or to prevent automated trading processes from accelerating a market run.Circuit breakers are typically triggered when a fall in price of a specified percentage occurs.
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1988 N. L. Brady et al. Rep. U.S. Presidential Task Force Market Mechanisms vii. 66 Circuit breakers cushion the impact of market movements, which would otherwise damage market infrastructures.
2015 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Aug. b1 The stomach-churning drop on the Toronto Stock Exchange Monday morning triggered a rare flurry of circuit breakers that cut trading in individual stocks.
2020 Independent (Nexis) 9 Mar. Although the circuit breaker was able to help the market from plummeting more, it is still shaping up to be one of the worst days on Wall Street in years.
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