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hammer break

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
ham-mer break
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

hammer breaks (plural)

Questions

What does hammer break mean?
An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.

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