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  1. light switchnoun

    A switch, usually one on a wall in a building, used to turn on or off the light.

Wikipedia

  1. Light switch

    In electrical wiring, a light switch is a switch most commonly used to operate electric lights, permanently connected equipment, or electrical outlets. Portable lamps such as table lamps may have a light switch mounted on the socket, base, or in-line with the cord. Manually operated on/off switches may be substituted by dimmer switches that allow controlling the brightness of lamps as well as turning them on or off, time-controlled switches, occupancy-sensing switches, and remotely controlled switches and dimmers. Light switches are also found in flashlights, vehicles, and other devices.

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  1. Light switch

    In building wiring, a light switch is a switch, most commonly used to operate electric lights, permanently connected equipment, or electrical outlets. Portable lamps such as table lamps will have a light switch mounted on the socket, base, or in-line with the cord. Manually operated on/off switches may be substituted by remote control switches, or light dimmers that allow controlling the brightness of lamps as well as turning them on or off. Light switches are also found in flashlights and automobiles and other vehicles.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of light switch in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of light switch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of light switch in a Sentence

  1. Jonathan Miller:

    It's not going to be a light switch, but the news is starting to get people to be hopeful and think about returning to New York City. Because right now, without a vaccine, it is status quo.

  2. Anthony Fauci:

    The Federal Government's going to be depending where you are in the country, the nature of the outbreak that you have already experienced, and the threat of an outbreak that you may not have experienced, the Federal Government is not going to be a light switch that we say, OK, it is now June, July or whatever, click, the light switch goes back on.

  3. Gavin Newsom:

    We have tried to make it crystal clear that there is no light switch and that there is no date in terms of our capacity to provide the kind of clarity that I know so many of you demand and deserve.

  4. California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom:

    There is no light switch here, it's more like a dimmer, i know you want the timeline, but we can't get ahead of ourselves and dream of regretting. Let's not make the mistake of pulling the plug too early, as much as we want to.

  5. Yamila Oliveros:

    Everyone is hoping that with Guaido, the country will go back to being normal, that's all a person wants, to live normally. That when I open the tap, water comes out. That when I flip the light switch, the lights come on.


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