Usually means: Automatic switches that stop electricity.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 12 dictionaries that define the word circuit breakers:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. circuit breakers: Merriam-Webster
  2. circuit breakers: Collins English Dictionary
  3. circuit breakers: Vocabulary.com
  4. circuit-breakers: Wordnik
  5. circuit breakers: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. circuit-breakers, circuit breakers: Wiktionary
  7. Circuit Breakers (video game), Circuit Breakers: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Circuit Breakers: bizterms.net
  3. Circuit breakers: Securities Terminology
  4. Circuit breakers: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Circuit breakers: Encyclopedia

(Note: See circuit_breaker as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (circuit breaker)

noun:  (electricity) An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.
noun:  (electricity) More specifically, a circuit breaker that automatically breaks overcurrent conditions; a type of overcurrent protective device.
noun:  (finance) Synonym of trading curb
noun:  (chiefly Singapore) Quarantine measures intended to prevent spread of pandemics, especially COVID-19.
noun:  (programming) A design pattern used to detect failures and prevent them from constantly recurring.
▸ Also see circuit_breaker


Opposite:

Words similar to circuit breakers

Usage examples for circuit breakers

Idioms related to circuit breakers

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near circuit breakers

Rhymes of circuit breakers

Invented words related to circuit breakers

Similar:

Opposite:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux