time switch

English

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.

Alternate forms

See also

time-switch (verbal form)

Related terms

timer

References

“time switch”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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