make-and-break
[ meyk-uhn-breyk ]
adjective
noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell.
Origin of make-and-break
1First recorded in 1855–60
Words Nearby make-and-break
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How to use make-and-break in a sentence
If they be connected in series, one or the other should have its make-and-break contact closed.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThe up-and-down movement serves as a make-and-break for the circuit.
Practical Cinematography and Its Applications | Frederick Arthur Ambrose TalbotThe same method of inspection is adopted with the make-and-break apparatus of an electric magneto.
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants | R. E. MathotIgnition was make-and-break and the inlet valves were mechanically actuated.
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design | Leonard S. Hobbs.make-and-break points, on the other hand, were unaffected by excess oil in the cylinder.
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design | Leonard S. Hobbs.
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