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contactor

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con⋅tac⋅tor

[kon-tak-ter, kuhn-tak-ter]
–noun Electricity.
a mechanically operated switch for continuously establishing and interrupting an electric power circuit.

Origin:
1905–10; contact + -or 2
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con·tac·tor   (kŏn'tāk'tər, kən-tāk'-)   
n.  An electrical relay used to control the flow of power in a circuit.
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