(definition) by Webster 1913 Sat Jan 07 2006 at 3:34:11

Ham"mer break. (Elec.)

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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