circuit breaker

Definitions

Aviation

• noun
  (written as circuit-breaker)
  a small protective device in the circuit which blows or breaks before a dangerous overload of current arises

Cars & Driving

• noun a protective device which can be reset; it breaks an electric circuit to prevent damage when the circuit is overloaded or overheated by excess current flow

Computing

• noun a device which protects equipment by cutting off the electrical supply when conditions are abnormal

Construction

• An electrical device for discontinuing current flow during an abnormal condition. Unlike a fuse, a circuit breaker becomes reusable by resetting a switch. See also automatic circuit breaker.

Electronics

• A device which automatically opens a circuit under specified conditions, such as a current exceeding a set amount. If it resets itself after another condition is met, such as the passing of a given time period, then it is an automatic circuit breaker. Its abbreviation is CB.
• acronymCB
• Within the YCbCr color model, one of the two color-difference signals. The other is Cr (2).

Forex

• (written as Circuit Breaker)
  A situation in which all trades on all exchanges are halted by order of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers, triggered by a significant downward movement in the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. A circuit breaker is intended to prevent investors from triggering a market crash through panic-driven mass sell-offs.

Real Estate

• noun an electrical device used to interrupt an electrical supply when there is too much current flow

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9 definitions in context
• Aviation
• Cars & Driving
• Computing
• Construction
• Electronics
• Forex
• Real Estate