- Make and break
- Make and break Make and break (Elec.) Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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make-and-break contact — perjungiamasis kontaktas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. break before make contact; make and break contact vok. Folgewechsler, m; Umschaltkontakt, m; Wechselkontakt, m rus. переключающий контакт, m pranc. contact à deux directions … Automatikos terminų žodynas
make-and-break device — pertraukiklis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. breaker; chopper; cutout switch; interrupter; make and break device vok. Auslöser, m; Unterbrecher, m rus. прерыватель, m pranc. interrupteur, m; rupteur, m … Automatikos terminų žodynas
make and break — noun a device for alternately making and breaking an electric circuit …
make-and-break — /mayk euhn brayk /, adj. noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell. [1855 60] * * * … Universalium
Make or Break TV — is a Canadian thirteen episode half hour documentary television series produced by Make Believe Media Inc. and currently airs on TVtropolis. The first episode premiered on Thursday September 4, 2008 and was repeated in the show s regular time… … Wikipedia
make-or-break — UK / US adjective bringing either total success or total failure, and therefore very important a make or break decision for the manager … English dictionary
make-or-break — adjective Date: 1919 allowing no middle ground between success and failure … New Collegiate Dictionary
make before break — (in CDMA cellular communications) coverage of a service area with 3 antennae to provide backup for each call and reduces the number of disconnections … English contemporary dictionary
break-before-make contact — perjungiamasis kontaktas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. break before make contact; make and break contact vok. Folgewechsler, m; Umschaltkontakt, m; Wechselkontakt, m rus. переключающий контакт, m pranc. contact à deux directions … Automatikos terminų žodynas
Break — (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
