'Interrupter' definitions:
Definition of 'interrupter'
From: WordNet
noun
A device for automatically interrupting an electric current
Definition of 'Interrupter'
From: 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]