Circuit Breakers

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• circuit breakers — Measures instituted by exchanges to stop trading temporarily when the market has fallen by a certain percentage in a specified period. They are intended to prevent a market free fall by permitting buy and sell orders to rebalance. Bloomberg… …   Financial and business terms

• circuit breakers —  Rules created by the major stock exchanges and the SEC* to halt trading temporarily during periods of severe price fluctuations. These rules were created in response to BLACK MONDAY (1987), when the DJIA* fell over five hundred points in one day …   American business jargon

• circuit breakers — Measures put in place by the major stock and derivatives exchanges to prevent very large market movements; for example, suspending trading on a particular market when certain extreme price fluctuations take place. These provisions were first… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• Circuit total limitation — (CTL) is one of the present day standards for electrical panels sold in the United States according to the National Electrical Code. The 1965 edition of the NEC, article 384 15 was the first reference to the circuit total limitation of… …   Wikipedia

• circuit breaker — cir cuit break er, n. (Elec.) A device contained within an electrical circuit designed to interrupt the circuit when the current exceeds a preset value; it is sometimes called a {contact breaker}. Its function is to prevent fire or damage to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Circuit breaker (disambiguation) — Circuit breaker or Circuit breakers may refer to: Circuit breaker, an automatic electrical switch Circuit Breaker (Transformers), a Marvel Comics character Trading curb, a stock market term An alias of Richie Hawtin, an electronic musician and DJ …   Wikipedia

• circuit breaker — circuit breakers also circuit breaker N COUNT A circuit breaker is a device which can stop the flow of electricity around a circuit by switching itself off if anything goes wrong. There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument… …   English dictionary

• circuit-breaker — ˈcircuit breaker [circuit breaker circuit breakers] noun a device that can automatically stop an electric current if it becomes dangerous …   Useful english dictionary

• Circuit breaker — For other uses, see Circuit breaker (disambiguation). An air circuit breaker for low voltage (less than 1000 volts) power distribution switchgear …   Wikipedia

• circuit breaker — 1. Elect. Also called breaker. a device for interrupting an electric circuit to prevent excessive current, as that caused by a short circuit, from damaging the apparatus in the circuit or from causing a fire. 2. any property tax relief measure… …   Universalium