surge protector
noun
Simple meaning
Electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
surjpruhtehkterSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsɝdʒpɹəˈtɛktɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current
An appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes by limiting the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current
Used this way, surge protector is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It comes across as direct, sometimes bluntly so.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Sudden and forceful
- Usage feel
- Blunt and forceful
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