ground fault interrupter


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ground fault interrupter

[′grau̇nd ‚fȯlt ‚int·ə‚rəp·tər]
(electricity)
A fast-acting circuit breaker that also senses very small ground fault currents such as might flow through the body of a person standing on damp ground while touching a hot alternating-current line wire.
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