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- n. An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator.
Examples
“Fortunately, the cause was a misadjusted microswitch, not my departure.”
“I have an alarm system that will summon the cops or the fire trucks only 2 miles away with a simple break in a microswitch.”
“Right here, just over your left-hand Fallopian tubes, is a microswitch that controls backward and forward motion.”
“The iCade features integrated arcade stick and microswitch buttons and built-in 2.1 Dolby speakers and subwoofer.”
“It raises the paddle arm past the equilibrium point where it hits a microswitch and then lowers for 5 seconds.”
“In addition, the tanker catch is triggered by a microswitch to grab the tanker as soon as contact is made, and has a flag to show that the switch is closed.”
“The Night Mode becomes unavailable, and ingeniously it only scans for the microchip when your cat pushes against the flap to trigger a microswitch.”
“Professional grade arcade stick and microswitch buttons rated for 10,000,000 uses”
“So basically the only way I can imagine this working is if they did something like putting a microswitch inside the USB connector, which is fine as long as you remember to unplug the cable at night, but that's hardly any different than unplugging the charger.”
“However, an issue was noted on a microswitch on the hatch between the Soyuz and MRM-2, which failed to show the correct latch indication.”
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Amusingly-named mechanical and electrical parts to be found in a particular warehouse in Newfoundland
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