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/ɪlˈɛktrɪk swɪtʃ/ Listen

Electric switch

noun

Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit. Synonyms: electrical switch, switch.

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"Electric switch" Quotes from Famous Books

... alcove at the head of the stairs threw a dim light down the passage which led off the first-floor landing, but Musard felt for the electric switch and pressed it. The light flooded an empty corridor, with the door of the room nearest to him gaping into ...

— The Hand in the Dark • Arthur J. Rees

... raining, but I thought that anything would be preferable to the inside of my sitting-room. Then I felt that, whatever the cost, I must go in; and, twisting the key, I pushed heavily at the door, and entered, touching as I did so the electric switch. In the chair which stood before the writing-table in the middle of the room sat ...

— The Ghost - A Modern Fantasy • Arnold Bennett

Words linked to "Electric switch" : toggle, control, selector, toggle switch, ignition switch, push, electrical switch, selector switch, controller, button, on-off switch, three-point switch, push button, on/off switch, commutator, three-way switch, time-switch, cutout, switch