Definition of Arrestors

1. Noun. (plural of arrestor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arrestors

1. arrestor [n] - See also: arrestor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrestors

arrested development
arrested tuberculosis
arrestee
arrestees
arrester
arrester hook
arresters
arrestin
arresting
arrestingly
arrestins
arrestive
arrestment
arrestments
arrestor
arrestors
arrests
arret
arrets
arrhaphia
arrhenic
arrhenic medication
arrhenius equation
arrhinia
arrhizal
arrhizous
arrhythmia
arrhythmias

Literary usage of Arrestors

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

1. The Engineers' Review (1905)
"On the second floor of each transformer station are lighting arrestors. There are no automatic switches of any type in these stations, ..."

2. Law of Real Property: Being a Complete Compendium of Real Estate Law by Emerson Etheridge Ballard, Tilghman Ethan Ballard, Arthur Walker Blakemore (1909)
"Liability of railroad—Use of spark arrestors —Management of engine. Spark arresters. Burden of proof where spark arrestors are used, see post §186. ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of Electrical Engineering by Henry Hutchinson Norris (1908)
"It has also been experimentally determined that multi-gap arrestors are ... 109,* which illustrates the latest developments in " shunted gap " arrestors. ..."

4. Electricity Control: A Treatise on Electric Switchgear and Systems of by Leonard Andrews (1904)
"... Wurtz,' and 'Stanley'— Arrangement of choking coils and lightning arrestors— Requirements that should be fulfilled by lightning arrestors—Earthed guard ..."

5. Decisions of the Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court and Bankruptcy Court of by Mauritius Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court, Supreme Court, Mauritius (1889)
"If kept in order, these " spark arrestors would have stopped sparks " sufficiently large to cause mischief. We " have the Judgment of the Supreme Court ..."

6. Overhead Electric Power Transmission: Principles and Calculations by Alfred Still (1913)
"... concentration of lightning disturbances is the cause of the difficulties experienced in protecting transmission lines by means of lightning arrestors; ..."

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