Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An electrical relay used to control the flow of power in a circuit.
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- noun electrical engineering A
relay used to control anelectrical power circuit
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Examples
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The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 34 gram actuation force per pin and cycle life of 100,000 insertions.
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The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 26 gram actuation force per ball and cycle life of 100,000 insertions.
ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom - Today's New Product News 2009
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Part IV notes that the independent contactor [sic] model that typified the 19th century in North American remains prevalent in the Dutch system of prostitution, a radically different framework owing to the absence of criminalization.
criminal freedom 2009
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Part IV notes that the independent contactor [sic] model that typified the 19th century in North American remains prevalent in the Dutch system of prostitution, a radically different framework owing to the absence of criminalization.
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Suou goes on contactor mode to face off with Shizume.
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Part IV notes that the independent contactor [sic] model that typified the 19th century in North American remains prevalent in the Dutch system of prostitution, a radically different framework owing to the absence of criminalization.
criminal freedom 2009
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Part IV notes that the independent contactor [sic] model that typified the 19th century in North American remains prevalent in the Dutch system of prostitution, a radically different framework owing to the absence of criminalization.
Creativity 2010
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Kerik planned to respond to the federal charges at trial by arguing that he paid what the apartment contactor asked, and honestly believed the contractor wasn't involved with the mob.
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Kerik planned to respond to the federal charges at trial by arguing that he paid what the apartment contactor asked, and honestly believed the contractor wasn't involved with the mob.
Andrew Kreig: Feds Bullied Kerik Into 4-Year Term, Hurting Us All 2010
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And they've been doing so without the support of a strong, national union (SEIU left town after a controversial 2006 neutrality agreement with AlliedBarton, the guard's contactor).
Daniel Denvir: Teabag the Boss, Card Check for the Masses 2009
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