Break-circuit
(n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit. |
Breaker
(n.) One who, or that which, breaks. |
Breaker
(n.) Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines |
Breaker
(n.) A small water cask. |
Breaker
(n.) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface. |
Circuit
(n.) The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit |
Circuit
(n.) The circumference of, or distance round, any space |
Circuit
(n.) That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. |
Circuit
(n.) The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits. |
Circuit
(n.) A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher. |
Circuit
(n.) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. |
Circuit
(n.) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. |
Circuit
(n.) Circumlocution. |
Circuit
(v. i.) To move in a circle |
Circuit
(v. t.) To travel around. |
Current
(a.) Running or moving rapidly. |
Current
(a.) Now passing, as time |
Current
(a.) Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand |
Current
(a.) Commonly estimated or acknowledged. |
Current
(a.) Fitted for general acceptance or circulation |
Current
(a.) A flowing or passing |
Current
(a.) General course |
Device
(n.) That which is devised, or formed by design |
Device
(n.) Power of devising |
Device
(n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance. |
Device
(n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing. |
Device
(n.) Anything fancifully conceived. |
Device
(n.) A spectacle or show. |
Device
(n.) Opinion |
Point-device
(a.) Alt. of Point-devise |
Point-device
(adv.) Alt. of Point-devise |
Residual
(a.) Pertaining to a residue |
Residual
(n.) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. |
Residual
(n.) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them. |
Rossel current
() A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea. |
Short circuit
() A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. |
Short-circuit
(v. t.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. |
device
gimmick
twist | any clever maneuver, he would stoop to any device to win a point, it was a great sales gimmick, a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen |
lap circle
circuit | movement once around a course, he drove an extra lap just for insurance |
tour
circuit | a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area, they took an extended tour of Europe, we took a quick circuit of the park, a ten-day coach circuit of the island |
ball-buster
ball-breaker | a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing, Vietnam was a ball-breaker |
| current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
projective test
projective device
projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
c acid
back breaker
battery-acid
dose dot
Elvis
loony toons
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
pane superman
window pane
Zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
| acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
alarm
warning device
alarm system | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
AND circuit
AND gate | a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
| bridge bridge circuit | a circuit consisting of two branches ( arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected |
circuit
electrical circuit
electric circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
circuit board
circuit card
board card plug-in
add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
circuit breaker
breaker | a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded |
cleaning implement
cleaning device
cleaning equipment | any of a large class of implements used for cleaning |
closed circuit
loop | a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
| computer circuit | a circuit that is part of a computer |
contraceptive
preventive preventative contraceptive device
prophylactic device
birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
data input device
input device | a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device |
detonator
detonating device
cap | a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive, can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive |
| device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose, the device is small enough to wear on your wrist, a device intended to conserve water |
| device | an emblematic design (especially in heraldry), he was recognized by the device on his shield |
| device | any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) |
distributor point
breaker point
point | a contact in the distributor, as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs |
| elastic device | any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched |
| electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity |
| electromechanical device | a mechanical device that is operated by electricity |
| electronic device | a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically |
| exercise device | a device designed to provide exercise for the user |
| explosive device | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy |
feedback circuit
feedback loop | a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system |
guard
safety
safety device | a device designed to prevent injury or accidents |
guidance system
guidance device | a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile) |
| holding device | a device for holding something |
| homing device | the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective |
improvised explosive device
I.E.D.
IED | an explosive device that is improvised |
integrated circuit
microcircuit | a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor, a whole system rather than a single component |
intrauterine device
IUD | contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus |
life preserver
preserver
flotation device | rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning |
| lifting device | a device for lifting heavy loads |
light circuit
lighting circuit | wiring that provides power to electric lights |
measuring instrument
measuring system
measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
| mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
memory device
storage device | a device that preserves information for retrieval |
| monitor monitoring device | display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor |
NAND circuit
NAND gate | a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate |
| open circuit | an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows |