Interrupter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interrupter \In`ter*rupt"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, interrupts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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}.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interrupter
       n : a device for automatically interrupting an electric current