0 a safety device that stops the flow of current in an electrical circuit when there is a fault: --
1 something that interrupts a series of events, usually intentionally because they are developing in a harmful way: --
Circuit breakers halt trading on the nation's stock markets during dramatic drops.
For the last two years, the Democratic Senate majority had provided a circuit-breaker for the House Speaker's conservative initiatives.
The leader of the opposition called for a two-week circuit breaker to arrest the spike in the pandemic.
2 a safety device that stops the flow of current to an electrical system: --
3 a piece of equipment that stops the flow of an electric current, used to prevent damage to the wires and equipment that are connected to it: --
4 a rule that temporarily stops trade on a stock market or closes it when prices go down to a particular level too quickly: --
The New York Stock Exchange instituted circuit breakers to reduce volatility and promote investor confidence.
There are three circuit-breaker thresholds—10%, 20%, and 30%— calculated at the beginning of each quarter.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.