Lexic.us

Definition of Lightning arrester

1. Noun. Electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lightning Arrester

Literary usage of Lightning arrester

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"This auxiliary path is provided by the lightning arrester which is ... The lightning arrester consists of a path of low impedance which has a means provided ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"At a recent meeting of the Institute, in referring to the lightning-arrester problem, if I remember correctly, Mr. Mershon said he used three sets of horn ..."

3. 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 (1898)
"In one instance I connected a single lightning arrester to three lead wires running to three different points on the main line In each of the three lead ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"Q. Would it have been reasonably safer to have had a lightning arrester at this particular point? A. This wire running to the house was a hazard. ..."

5. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1908)
"84510 D. A Proposed Lightning-Arrester Test. NJ Neall. Describes the proposed test, illustrating it by wiring diagrams, and explaining its advantages. ..."

6. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1908)
"85756 D. The Electrolytic lightning arrester. RP Jackson. Illustrates and describes the electrolytic or aluminum-cell arrester. 7oo w. ..."

7. 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 ground plates are furnished with a series of teeth, like those on a ..."

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