disjunctor

English

Noun

disjunctor (plural disjunctors)

  1. (biology) A small, temporary body between the conidia of some fungi.
  2. A kind of electrical circuit breaker.
    • 1891, The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, volume 41, number 2, page 18:
      The next thing that we must turn our attention to is the disjunctor, or apparatus for breaking both the circuits simultaneously. This consists of a hinged frame, which can be given a sudden movement by means of an electro-magnet []

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French disjoncteur.

Noun

disjunctor n (plural disjunctoare)

  1. circuit breaker

Declension

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