ELECTRIC SWITCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric switch mean? 

• ELECTRIC SWITCH (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC SWITCH has 1 sense:

1. control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC SWITCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIC SWITCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electric switch; electrical switch; switch

Hypernyms ("electric switch" is a kind of...):

control; controller (a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric switch"):

commutator (switch for reversing the direction of an electric current)

cutout (a switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload)

ignition switch (switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter)

button; push; push button (an electrical switch operated by pressing)

selector; selector switch (a switch that is used to select among alternatives)

three-point switch; three-way switch (an electric switch that has three terminals; used to control a circuit from two different locations)

time-switch (a switch set to operate at a desired time)

on-off switch; on/off switch; toggle; toggle switch (a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions)

 Context examples 

Near the door I saw the gleam of an electric switch, but it was unnecessary, even if it had been safe, to turn it on.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the end of a long drab passage my new acquaintance pushed open a door and turned on an electric switch.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)