[uh-res-ter] 
| a device for preventing damage to radio, telephonic, or other electric equipment from lightning or other high-voltage currents, using spark gaps to carry the current to the ground without passing through the device. |
| ar·rest (ə-rěst') v. ar·rest·ed, ar·rest·ing, ar·rests v. tr.
To undergo cardiac arrest: The patient arrested en route to the hospital. n.
[Middle English aresten, from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin *arrestāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin restāre, to stand still (re-, re- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots).] ar·rest'a·ble adj., ar·rest'er, ar·res'tor n., ar·rest'ment n. |
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