Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In electricity, a contrivance for breaking and making an electrical circuit rapidly and automatically, like that used with the induction-coil; an interrupter.
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Examples
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A ray of light from the interior of the cabinet lit up the room '-- she had pressed the contact-breaker with her invisible fingers at the precise time when she had squeezed with her visible hand the forefinger of Bottazzi.
The Shadow World Hamlin Garland 1900
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"The most astonishing physical phenomena came when the contact-breaker was thrown on the table, and Eusapia called out: 'See how it moves!'
The Shadow World Hamlin Garland 1900
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