Usually means: Electrical relay for switching circuits.
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  1. contactor: Merriam-Webster
  2. contactor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contactor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contactor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Contactor, contactor: Wordnik
  6. contactor: Wiktionary
  7. contactor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. contactor: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. contactor: Dictionary.com
  10. Contactor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. contactor: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. contactor: Encyclopedia

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  1. contactor: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contactor)

▸ noun:  (electrical engineering) A relay used to control an electrical power circuit

Similar:
contractor, interrupter, autorecloser, converter, conductor, contracter, contractee, circuit breaker, inverter, breaker, more...

Opposite:
non-contact, isolation, separation

Types:
single-phase, three-phase, four-wire, three-wire, more...

Phrases:
Rotating biological contactor, more...

Adjectives:
magnetic, biological, main, pole, liquid, second, current, forward, reverse, auxiliary, typical

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Similar:
contractor, interrupter, autorecloser, converter, conductor, contracter, contractee, circuit breaker, inverter, breaker, more...

Opposite:
non-contact, isolation, separation

Types:
single-phase, three-phase, four-wire, three-wire, more...

Phrases:
Rotating biological contactor, more...

Adjectives:
magnetic, biological, main, pole, liquid, second, current, forward, reverse, auxiliary, typical



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