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surge protector

surge protector noun: an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes by limiting the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold.

surge protector: an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes by limiting the voltage...
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Noun

surge protector (plural surge protectors)

  1. An appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes by limiting the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold.

surge protector meaning in Tamil and Malay

surge protector in Tamil

மின்னெழுச்சி காப்பி

surge protector in Malay

appliance designed to protect electrical devices
pelindung pusuan, pelindung pusu, pengawal arus

Synonyms of surge protector

Forms of surge protector

pluralsurge protectors

Questions about surge protector

What does surge protector mean?
Surge protector means an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes by limiting the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold.
What is surge protector in Tamil?
Surge protector in Tamil is மின்னெழுச்சி காப்பி. See Surge protector meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is surge protector?
Surge protector is a noun.
What is the plural of surge protector?
The plural of surge protector is surge protectors.

Words near surge protector in the dictionary

  1. surg.
  2. surgation
  3. surgations
  4. surge
  5. surge pricing
  6. surge protector
  7. surge protectors
  8. surge suppressor
  9. surge suppressors
  10. surge tank
  11. surge tanks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: surge protector (page history and authors); surge protector (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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