short-circuiter

noun

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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