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time-switch

time-switch is the alternative form of time switch.

Verb

time-switch (third-person singular simple present time-switches, present participle time-switching, simple past and past participle time-switched)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To activate a switch automatically at a preset time.
  2. To equip with a time switch.

Meaning of time switch

Noun

time switch (plural time switches)

  1. A switch activated automatically at a preset time.
    • A time switch with astronomical adjustment switches the warning signs on at sunset.1939 November, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Traffic Lights at Crossings on Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 361

Forms of time-switch

Noun
pluraltime-switches
Verb
third-person singular presenttime-switches
present participletime-switching
past participletime-switched
pasttime-switched

Questions about time-switch

What does time-switch mean?
Time-switch means to activate a switch automatically at a preset time.
What is time-switch the alternative form of?
Time-switch is the alternative form of time switch.
What part of speech is time-switch?
Time-switch is a verb.
What is the past tense of time-switch?
The past tense of time-switch is time-switched.

Words near time-switch in the dictionary

  1. time-stretched
  2. time-stretches
  3. time-stretching
  4. time-suck
  5. time-sucks
  6. time-switch
  7. time-switched
  8. time-switches
  9. time-switching
  10. time-table
  11. time-tables

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