Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Switch.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Switch and, of course, Switch synonyms and on the right images related to the word Switch.
Switch
Switch Switch, n. (Elec.)
A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit,
or for making and breaking a circuit.
SwitchSwitch Switch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Switched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Switching.]
1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
--Chapman.
2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
4. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by
a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch
off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
5. (Eccl.) To shift to another circuit. SwitchSwitch Switch, n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf.
Swink, Swing.]
1. A small, flexible twig or rod.
Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with
something like a thread; in her other hand she holds
a switch. --Addison.
2. (Railways) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails,
for transferring cars from one track to another.
3. A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at
jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
4. (Elec.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric
current to another circuit.
Safety switch (Railways), a form of switch contrived to
prevent or lessen the danger of derailment of trains.
Switch back (Railways), an arrangement of tracks whereby
elevations otherwise insurmountable are passed. The track
ascends by a series of zigzags, the engine running
alternately forward and back, until the summit is reached.
Switch board (Elec.), a collection of switches in one piece
of apparatus, so arranged that a number of circuits may be
connected or combined in any desired manner. Switch
Switch Switch, v. i.
To walk with a jerk. [Prov. Eng.]
Meaning of Switch from wikipedia
-
Centrifugal switch Company switch Crossbar switch Dead man's
switch Fireman's
switch Hall-effect
switch Inertial switch Isolator switch Key
switch Kill
switch Latching...
-
electrical circuit.
Switch or The
Switch may also
refer to:
Switch (basketball),
change of
defensive ****ignments
during a play
Switch (pickleball), a call...
- The
Nintendo Switch is a
video game
console developed by
Nintendo and
released worldwide in most
regions on
March 3, 2017.
Released in the
middle of the...
-
Nintendo Switch 2 is an
upcoming hybrid video game
console developed by Nintendo, and
scheduled for
release in most
territories on June 5, 2025. The
Switch 2...
-
Family Switch is a 2023
American fantasy comedy film
directed by McG,
written by Adam
Sztykiel and
Victoria Strouse, and
starring Jennifer Garner and Ed...
- A
network switch (also
called switching hub,
bridging hub,
Ethernet switch, and, by the IEEE, MAC bridge) is
networking hardware that
connects devices...
-
Nintendo Switch 2
video game console. The
Nintendo Switch 2 is also
backward compatible with a
select majority of the
original Nintendo Switch's software...
- This is a list of
video games for the
Nintendo Switch video game
console that have sold or
shipped at
least one
million copies. As
Nintendo shares the...
-
latching switch is a
switch that
maintains its
state after being activated. A push-to-make, push-to-break
switch would therefore be a
latching switch – each...
- A
multilayer switch (MLS) is a
computer networking device that
switches on OSI
layer 2 like an
ordinary network switch and
provides extra functions on...
