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Meaning of lightning arrester | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A device used on electrical and telecommunications systems to protect the insulation and conductors from the damaging effects of lightning. Typically, it has a high-voltage terminal and a ground terminal. When a surge travels along the power line to the arrester, the current from the surge is diverted through the arrester, in most cases to earth.

Equivalents

Deutsch Blitzschutz

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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lightning bird lightning bolt lightning bruiser lightning bug lightning carrier lightning chess

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