interceptor
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editinterceptor (plural interceptors)
- Anything that intercepts something else.
- A combat aircraft designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft before they can attack.
- A guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.
- (architecture, engineering) 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.
- (computing, programming) A hook routine that intercepts normal program flow to carry out a task.
- A sewer that intercepts sewerage destined for an outfall (e.g. into a river) and redirects it to a treatment plant.
Translations
editanything that intercepts something else
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combat aircraft designed for interception
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Latin
editEtymology
editinterceptus, perfect passive participle of intercipiō (“to intercept, cut off”) + -tor
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.terˈkep.tor/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈkɛpt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.terˈt͡ʃep.tor/, [in̪t̪erˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]
Noun
editinterceptor m (genitive interceptōris); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | interceptor | interceptōrēs |
Genitive | interceptōris | interceptōrum |
Dative | interceptōrī | interceptōribus |
Accusative | interceptōrem | interceptōrēs |
Ablative | interceptōre | interceptōribus |
Vocative | interceptor | interceptōrēs |
References
edit- “interceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “interceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French intercepteur.
Noun
editinterceptor n (plural interceptoare)
Declension
editDeclension of interceptor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) interceptor | interceptorul | (niște) interceptoare | interceptoarele |
genitive/dative | (unui) interceptor | interceptorului | (unor) interceptoare | interceptoarelor |
vocative | interceptorule | interceptoarelor |
Spanish
editAdjective
editinterceptor (feminine interceptora, masculine plural interceptores, feminine plural interceptoras)
- that intercepts
Noun
editinterceptor m (plural interceptores, feminine interceptora, feminine plural interceptoras)
Further reading
edit- “interceptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-
- English terms suffixed with -or
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