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toggle switch

toggle switch noun: a switch actuated by moving a small lever; usually an on/off switch with two positions.

Noun

toggle switch (plural toggle switches)

  1. A switch actuated by moving a small lever; usually an on/off switch with two positions.
  2. A control resembling such a switch, allowing a setting to be enabled or disabled.
    • When we add code modules, we will have an additional folder called (surprise!) Modules. We can use this toggle switch to display/hide all items within our folders.2013, John Connell, Beginning Visual Basic 6 Database Programming, page 129
    • […] most participants (17 out of 20) had problems using toggle switches and preferred checkboxes instead.2023, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Maurice D. Mulvenna, Martina Ziefle, Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, page 14

toggle switch meaning in Tamil

toggle switch in Tamil

மாட்டு இணைப்பு, சட்டவாளி

Synonyms of toggle switch

  • toggle
  • flip switch
  • paddle switch
  • snap switch

Forms of toggle switch

pluraltoggle switches

Origin of toggle switch

From the similarity of the control lever in early designs to a toggle.

Questions about toggle switch

What does toggle switch mean?
Toggle switch means a switch actuated by moving a small lever; usually an on/off switch with two positions.
What is toggle switch in Tamil?
Toggle switch in Tamil is மாட்டு இணைப்பு, சட்டவாளி. See Toggle switch meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is toggle switch?
Toggle switch is a noun.
What is the plural of toggle switch?
The plural of toggle switch is toggle switches.

Words near toggle switch in the dictionary

  1. toggle bolts
  2. toggle iron
  3. toggle irons
  4. toggle joint
  5. toggle joints
  6. toggle switch
  7. toggle switches
  8. toggle valve
  9. toggle valves
  10. toggleable
  11. toggled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toggle switch (page history and authors); toggle switch (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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