time switch

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time switch (plural time switches)

  1. (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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