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short-circuit·er | \ "+ə(r) \
Definition of short-circuiter
: something that short-circuits specifically : a device operated by centrifugal force that actuates the mechanism which short-circuits the commutator bars or raises the brushes from the commutator in some forms of single-phase motors
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