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arrester
(encz) | arrester,bleskojistka n: Zdeněk Brož |
arrester
(encz) | arrester,bleskosvod n: Zdeněk Brož |
arrester
(encz) | arrester,lapač n: Zdeněk Brož |
arrester
(encz) | arrester,zachycovač n: Zdeněk Brož |
arrester
(encz) | arrester,západka Pavel Cvrček |
Arrester
(gcide) | Arrester \Ar*rest"er\, n.
1. One who arrests.
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2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is
made. [Also written arrestor.]
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arrester
(wn) | arrester
n 1: a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight
deck of an aircraft carrier [syn: arrester, {arrester
hook}] |
ARRESTER
(bouvier) | ARRESTER, law of Scotland. One who sues out and obtains an arrestment of his
debtor's goods or movable obligations. Ersk. Pr. L. Soot. 3, 6, 1.
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arrester
(encz) | arrester,bleskojistka n: Zdeněk Brožarrester,bleskosvod n: Zdeněk Brožarrester,lapač n: Zdeněk Brožarrester,zachycovač n: Zdeněk Brožarrester,západka Pavel Cvrček |
lightning arrester
(encz) | lightning arrester,bleskojistka |
spark arrester
(encz) | spark arrester, n: |
spike arrester
(encz) | spike arrester, n: |
Arrester
(gcide) | Arrester \Ar*rest"er\, n.
1. One who arrests.
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2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is
made. [Also written arrestor.]
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Lightning arrester
(gcide) | Lightning \Light"ning\ (l[imac]t"n[i^]ng), n. [For lightening,
fr. lighten to flash.]
1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a
vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another,
sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by
the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere
constitutes thunder.
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2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made
bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental
powers. [R.]
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Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as
a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.
Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked
flashes.
Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of
electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,
esp. at the close of a hot day.
Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place
where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by
lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a
short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin
nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also
lightning discharger.
Lightning bug (Zool.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly.
Lightning conductor, a lightning rod.
Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a
brilliant eye.
Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on
the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or
water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or
vessel from lightning.
Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing
out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The
appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light
from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.
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Spark arrester
(gcide) | Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark,
sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag["e]ti, Gr. ?
a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph?rj to crackle, to thunder.
Cf. Speak.]
1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is
emitted by a body in combustion.
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Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
--Job v. 7.
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2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
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3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. "If
any spark of life be yet remaining." --Shak. "Small
intellectual spark." --Macaulay. "Vital spark of heavenly
flame." --Pope.
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We have here and there a little clear light, some
sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke.
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Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.
--Wordsworth.
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Spark arrester, a contrivance to prevent the escape of
sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used
in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called
also spark consumer. [U.S.]
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arrester
(wn) | arrester
n 1: a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight
deck of an aircraft carrier [syn: arrester, {arrester
hook}] |
arrester hook
(wn) | arrester hook
n 1: a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight
deck of an aircraft carrier [syn: arrester, {arrester
hook}] |
lightning arrester
(wn) | lightning arrester
n 1: electrical device inserted in a power line to protect
equipment from sudden fluctuations in current [syn: {surge
suppressor}, surge protector, spike suppressor, {spike
arrester}, lightning arrester] |
spark arrester
(wn) | spark arrester
n 1: electrical device to reduce sparking when electrical
contacts are opened or closed
2: a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or
smokestack [syn: spark arrester, sparker] |
spike arrester
(wn) | spike arrester
n 1: electrical device inserted in a power line to protect
equipment from sudden fluctuations in current [syn: {surge
suppressor}, surge protector, spike suppressor, {spike
arrester}, lightning arrester] |
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