electrical surge
1surge protector — noun electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current • Syn: ↑surge suppressor, ↑spike suppressor, ↑spike arrester, ↑lightning arrester • Hypernyms: ↑suppressor, ↑suppresser * * * …
2Surge (comics) — Surge Surge. Art by Skottie Young. Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics …
3Surge — may refer to: *Surge (soft drink), a soft drink formerly made by The Coca Cola Company. *Jerk or surge, the rate of change of acceleration in physics *Storm surge, the onshore gush of water associated with a low pressure weather system… …
4surge protector — surge pro,tector noun count a piece of equipment used for protecting computers from damage caused by a sudden increase in electrical power …
5surge protector — surge′ protec tor n. cmp elo cvb a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high voltage electrical surges • Etymology: 1980–85 …
6Surge protector — A surge protector is an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes. A surge protector attempts to regulate the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground voltages above a safe… …
7surge — ▪ I. surge surge 1 [sɜːdʒ ǁ sɜːrdʒ] verb [intransitive] to increase suddenly: • Stock prices surged in early trading. • Demand in the market for middle and top range cars surged by over 100%. • Surging …
8surge — surge1 [sə:dʒ US sə:rdʒ] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: sourge , the stem of sourdre [i] to rise, surge , from Latin surgere to go right up, rise , from sub up + regere to lead straight ] 1.) [always + adverb/preposition] to suddenly… …
9surge — surge1 [ sɜrdʒ ] verb intransitive 1. ) if a crowd of people surges, they all move forward together very quickly: The crowd surged forward toward the police. a ) to move forward as a large mass very quickly: The flood water surged down the little …
10surge — I UK [sɜː(r)dʒ] / US [sɜrdʒ] noun [singular] 1) a sudden increase in something such as price, value, or interest Forecasters are predicting a pre Christmas surge in spending. a) a sudden increase in the strength of a feeling a surge of… …
