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Data record gloss.contact-travel.definition

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Contact travel is the displacement of the moving contact of a circuit breaker during an operation, recorded against time by a transducer coupled to the operating mechanism; the travel curve yields stroke, overtravel, rebound, contact wipe and velocity, which reveal the condition of the mechanism and its damping.

ProvenanceElectrical Testing Reference editorial taxonomy supports data record gloss.contact-travel.definition, which is cited on the entry Contact travel.SOURCEElectrical Testing Reference editorial taxonomyElectrical Testing Refer..Own observationDATA RECORDgloss.contact-travel.definitiongloss.contact-travel.def..Verified 2026-10-27ENTRYContact travelContact travelNo revisions
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Contact travel (Glossary)
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