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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

... with an easy chair. It was the only one aboard, and by that he knew he had passed into the sitting room. He had his general direction now, and knew if he kept straight on he would come to the engine room. There he was familiar enough with the apparatus and levers to be able to turn the electric switch. ...

— Five Thousand Miles Underground • Roy Rockwood

... but even as she moved she heard the click of the bolt shot back. He touched the electric switch and the room was suddenly in darkness. She heard him coming towards her, she felt his hot breath upon ...

— The Tempting of Tavernake • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... little doubt as to the correctness of this latter surmise, as he threw the door open and stepped into the room, his first action being to grasp the electric switch and ...

— The Lone Wolf - A Melodrama • Louis Joseph Vance

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