Definitions for arrester

arrester ar·rest·er

Spelling: [uh-res-ter]
IPA: /əˈrɛs tər/

Arrester is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in arrester (aeerrrst).

Definitions for arrester

noun

  1. Also, arrestor. a person or thing that arrests.
  2. Electricity. lightning arrester.

Origin of arrester

First recorded in 1400-50, arrester is from the late Middle English word arester. See arrest, -er1

Examples for arrester

Diamond special spark arrester is used except in straw burners.

Inserting a plug in the hole between the two line plates connects the line wires directly together at the arrester.

The passage of current to ground at the arrester, however, will be over a path containing nothing but wire and the arrester.

A form of Western Electric arrester particularly adapted for outside use on railway lines is shown with its cover in Fig. 210.

If you use a loop antenna, of course, no arrester is needed.

This feature is not essential in an arrester intended solely to divert lightning discharges.

He is the properest shape wherein they fancy Satan; for he is at most but an arrester, and hell a dungeon.

Fig. 203 shows a device known as a "saw-tooth" arrester because of its metal plates being provided with teeth.

All currents above this critical amount will operate the arrester; the larger the current, the shorter the time of operating.

If this connection is poor it may render the arrester useless so far as protection from lightning is concerned.

Word Value for arrester
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8

Words with friends

8

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