Rheotome

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

  Rheotome \Rhe"o*tome\ (r[=e]"[-o]*t[=o]m), n. [Gr. "rei^n to
     flow + te`mnein to cut.] (Elec.)
     An instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an
     electric current. --Wheatstone.
     [1913 Webster]