Sentences with phrase «acting circuit breaker»

A ground - fault circuit interrupter, or GFCI, is a fast - acting circuit breaker (surge detector) designed to cut off electric power in the event of a ground - fault within as little as 1/40 of a second.
A ground - fault circuit interrupter, or GFCI, is a fast - acting circuit breaker (surge detector) designed to cut off electric power in the event of a ground - fault.

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If you have any influence there at Grapevine, please Brett, for Pastor Young's sake, keep an eye on him, challenge him when he needs it, and make sure someone is regularly stepping outside of the groupthink of the leadership team to act as a circuit breaker if things get a bit too weird.
Other genes act like circuit breakers to keep the system from overloading.
In other words, they may act as a circuit - breaker that allows corals to regain control of a reef.»
Circuit breakers tripping and then being pulled in China, RBC raising mortgage rates in Canada and the price of oil continuing to plunge have made for quite an opening act to 2016.
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