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Definition of Arrester
1. Noun. A restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.
Group relationships: Aircraft Carrier, Attack Aircraft Carrier, Carrier, Flattop
Generic synonyms: Constraint, Restraint
Derivative terms: Arrest
Definition of Arrester
1. n. One who arrests.
Definition of Arrester
1. Noun. One who places under arrest. ¹
2. Noun. A device that stops or prevents, as a ''spark arrester'' that prevents sparks from being released to start fires. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arrester
1. one that arrests [n -S] - See also: arrests
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrester
Literary usage of Arrester
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"The real theory adopted by those who have used the horn arrester is largely ...
The horn arrester, where used successfully, has been used on the principle ..."
2. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1913)
"This is due to two conditions: first, the lesser cost >f the multi-gap arrester;
and second, the possibility of making arrester of this type which is not ..."
3. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"The Aluminum Cell arrester.—The aluminum cell arrester has proved to be the most
reliable type of arrester and is now universally used on large power ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1899)
"For direct current circuits an arrester is need in which the high potential discharge
... This arrester is also a discriminating arrester in that it allows ..."
5. American Hydroelectric Practice: A Compilation of Useful Data and by William Thomas Taylor, Daniel Harvey Braymer (1917)
"It is essential that this arrester be itself protected by auxiliary ground ...
The gaps will afford protection to the inside wiring up to the arrester and ..."
6. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Comb - — A term sometimes applied to a lightning arrester in which both the line and
... arrester, motive Force The counter-electromotive force lightning ..."
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