circuit breakernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɜː.kɪt ˌbreɪ.kər/us/ˈsɝː.kɪt ˌbreɪ.kɚ/a safety device that stops the flow of current in an electrical circuit when there is a fault
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Electrical components & circuitry
- accumulator
- anode
- armature
- baseband chip
- capacitor
- cathode ray
- chip
- circuit
- circuit board
- commutator
- electrode
- electromotive
- fuel cell
- fused
- grid
- integrated circuit
- negative pole
- NiCad
- parallel
- transistor
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Examples from literature
- A circuit breaker popped, and red lights blazed all over the instrument panel.
- When the time came to activate the device, two fraternity members had merely to flip a circuit breaker and push a plug into an outlet.