interceptor
or in·ter·cept·er
a person or thing that intercepts.
Military. a fighter aircraft with fast-reaction capabilities, used to identify and, if appropriate, engage other aircraft in combat.
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The interceptor tube’s diameter varies as it goes through the city, which complicates the task of figuring out its capacity for carrying waste to the treatment plant at any given moment.
One city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors | Andrew Zaleski | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThis creates more room in the interceptor pipe for the sewers that need it.
One city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors | Andrew Zaleski | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewStarting in 2010, EmNet began outfitting these new pipes with microprocessor-equipped valves that automatically open and close in response to real-time calculations gauging the capacity of the interceptor line they feed into.
One city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors | Andrew Zaleski | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewMontestruque’s solution was an agent-based model in which valves at overflow diversion points “buy” capacity from the interceptor tube.
One city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors | Andrew Zaleski | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewOn good days, just before each line ends, a vertical throttle pipe diverts the sewage into an interceptor tube, which carries it to a treatment plant where solid pollutants and bacteria are filtered out.
One city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors | Andrew Zaleski | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
The interceptor is still under development and has yet to undergo a flight intercept test.
The Arrow-2 interceptor is already deployed and is designed to intercept targets during the latter stages of their flight.
I wish I could detect the impudent interceptor—You have then at last condescended to visit Cohansie!
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers FithianThus he had to launch the interceptor when the missile was twenty-seven degrees from intercept.
Pushbutton War | Joseph P. MartinoThe interceptor was lower to the northwest, cutting into their path.
First on the Moon | Jeff SuttonYour ship carries half a dozen long-range interceptor rockets to handle any attack from Earth.
Space Tug | Murray LeinsterThe interceptor missiles had to detect it, swing to intercept, to accelerate furiously.
Talents, Incorporated | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
British Dictionary definitions for interceptor
intercepter
/ (ˌɪntəˈsɛptə) /
a person or thing that intercepts
a fast highly manoeuvrable fighter aircraft used to intercept enemy aircraft
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