interrupter
Noun
Meaning
One who, or that which, interrupts.
A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
raider
scrambler
chopper
stifler
device
criminal
switch
alien
nuisance
intruder
breaker
invader
burglar
stopper
agitator
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The drive current pulses applied to the primary are modulated at an audio rate by a solid state "interrupter" circuit, causing the arc discharge from the high voltage terminal to emit sounds.
This initiated a phase of consideration of the interrupter gear concept in the Imperial German Army Air Service ( Luftstreitkräfte ).