Clearing

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001151",
  "term": "Clearing",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The process of interrupting the flow of current in a circuit, specifically to isolate a fault condition such as a short circuit or overload. Protective devices like circuit breakers, fuses, or relays perform this action automatically upon detecting abnormal currents to de-energize the faulted section of the electrical system. The total clearing time for a fault is the sum of the time it takes the protective relay to operate and the time the circuit breaker takes to open its contacts and extinguish the arc.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Freigabe",
    "es": "desconexión",
    "fr": "libération"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/clearing/"
}