hammer breaks

A form of hammer break — An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hammer break
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