Disengager

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, disengages.

    "Another feature of the working which Major Marindin criticised, was the absence of any separate up home and distant signals for Wivelsfield Station box, which merely controlled the junction signals by disengager apparatus."

Example

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"Another feature of the working which Major Marindin criticised, was the absence of any separate up home and distant signals for Wivelsfield Station box, which merely controlled the junction signals by disengager apparatus."

Etymology

From disengage + -er.

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