interceptor

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Anything that intercepts something else.
2. A combat aircraft designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft before they can attack.
3. A guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.
4. A device to trap, remove, or separate hazardous or undesirable matter (such as oil or sand) from normal waste conveyed through it, permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.
5. A hook routine that intercepts normal program flow to carry out a task.
6. A sewer that intercepts sewerage destined for an outfall (e.g. into a river) and redirects it to a treatment plant.

Synoniemen

cut off

drainer

interceptor missile

interruption

sand trap

separator

trap

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interceptor aircraft

drainage receiver

interceptor trap

sand interceptor

Vertalingen

intercepteur

Abfangjäger

intercettore

avió interceptor

Fänger

Abscheider

Separator

séparateur

avion d'interception

intercettatore

avião de caça

interceptador

المعترض

interceptor

Etymologie (Engels)

From intercept + -or.