interrupter gear

noun

A triggering device attached to the machine gun armament of fighter aircraft so that the gun could fire through the arc of a spinning propeller without the bullets striking the blades.

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synchronization gear
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Meanings

nouninterrupter gear (plural interrupter gears)

plural interrupter gears

  1. A triggering device attached to the machine gun armament of fighter aircraft so that the gun could fire through the arc of a spinning propeller without the bullets striking the blades.

    Synonyms: synchronization gear

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA triggering device attached to the machine gun armament of fighter aircraft so that the gun could fire through the arc of a spinning propeller without the bullets striking the blades.

Similar
synchronization gear
Also see
synchronization gear
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interrupter gear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interrupter%20gear.

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