surge protector

American  

noun

1. a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.

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surge protector Scientific  

1. A device, typically portable and containing its own electrical outlets, used to provide regulated electric power for other electric devices. Surge protectors get their power from standard household or industrial electrical sources and contain circuitry that prevents damaging or disruptive spikes or surges in the source voltage from reaching the devices plugged into them.

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Example Sentences

“Charge my phone?” asked another, and Gil submitted the device into a tangle of cords growing from a surge protector.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

But I do have it plugged into a good surge protector.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

The Times reported this week that electronics mogul Barre Seid last year gave 100 percent of the shares of surge protector and data-center equipment manufacturer Tripp Lite to a group called Marble Freedom Trust.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2022

Seid, who led the surge protector and data-center equipment maker Tripp Lite for more than half a century, has been almost unknown outside a small circle of political and cultural recipients.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2022

One trick to use is to plug the appliances from one room into a single surge protector and turn that surge protector off at night.

From Encyclopedia.com • Mar. 21, 2018