interceptor

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English

Etymology

From intercept +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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interceptor (plural interceptors)

  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. (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.
  5. (computing, programming) 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.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

interceptus, perfect passive participle of intercipiō (“to intercept, cut off”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

interceptor m (genitive interceptōris); third declension

  1. interceptor, usurper, embezzler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative interceptor interceptōrēs
genitive interceptōris interceptōrum
dative interceptōrī interceptōribus
accusative interceptōrem interceptōrēs
ablative interceptōre interceptōribus
vocative interceptor interceptōrēs

References

  • “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

Etymology

Borrowed from French intercepteur.

Noun

interceptor n (plural interceptoare)

  1. interceptor

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative interceptor interceptorul interceptoare interceptoarele
genitive-dative interceptor interceptorului interceptoare interceptoarelor
vocative interceptorule interceptoarelor

Spanish

Adjective

interceptor (feminine interceptora, masculine plural interceptores, feminine plural interceptoras)

  1. that intercepts

Noun

interceptor m (plural interceptores, feminine interceptora, feminine plural interceptoras)

  1. interceptor

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