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lightning arrester

lightning arrester noun: a device used on electrical and telecommunications systems to protect the insulation and conductors from the damaging effects of lightning. Typically, it has a high-voltage terminal and a ground terminal. When a surge travels along the power line to the arrester, the current from the surge is diverted through the arrester, in most cases to earth.

Noun

lightning arrester (plural lightning arresters)

  1. A device used on electrical and telecommunications systems to protect the insulation and conductors from the damaging effects of lightning. Typically, it has a high-voltage terminal and a ground terminal. When a surge travels along the power line to the arrester, the current from the surge is diverted through the arrester, in most cases to earth.

lightning arrester meaning in Tamil

lightning arrester in Tamil

மின்னற்றடுப்புக்கருவி, மின்காவலி, இடி தாங்கி, பொங்கு மின்னலை தடுத்து நிறுத்தி, மின்னற்காவலி, மின்னல் கடத்தி

Synonyms of lightning arrester

Forms of lightning arrester

plurallightning arresters

Questions about lightning arrester

What does lightning arrester mean?
Lightning arrester means a device used on electrical and telecommunications systems to protect the insulation and conductors from the damaging effects of lightning. Typically, it has a high-voltage terminal and a ground terminal. When a surge travels along the power line to the arrester, the current from the surge is diverted through the arrester, in most cases to earth.
What is lightning arrester in Tamil?
Lightning arrester in Tamil is மின்னற்றடுப்புக்கருவி, மின்காவலி, இடி தாங்கி. See Lightning arrester meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lightning arrester?
Lightning arrester is a noun.
What is the plural of lightning arrester?
The plural of lightning arrester is lightning arresters.

Words near lightning arrester in the dictionary

  1. Lightner
  2. Lightners
  3. lightness
  4. lightnesses
  5. lightning
  6. lightning arrester
  7. lightning arresters
  8. lightning beetle
  9. lightning beetles
  10. lightning bird
  11. lightning birds

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