time switch
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Noun
time switch (plural time switches)
- (electrical engineering) A switch activated automatically at a preset time.
- 1939 November, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Traffic Lights at Crossings on Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 361:
- A time switch with astronomical adjustment switches the warning signs on at sunset.
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See also
- time-switch (verbal form)
References
- “time switch”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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