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trip switch

trip switch noun: a device that deactivates an electrical circuit under certain conditions, often for safety reasons.

Noun

trip switch (plural trip switches)

  1. A device that deactivates an electrical circuit under certain conditions, often for safety reasons.
    • Near-synonyms: breaker, circuit breaker

Synonyms of trip switch

Forms of trip switch

pluraltrip switches

Questions about trip switch

What does trip switch mean?
Trip switch means a device that deactivates an electrical circuit under certain conditions, often for safety reasons.
What part of speech is trip switch?
Trip switch is a noun.
What is the plural of trip switch?
The plural of trip switch is trip switches.

Words near trip switch in the dictionary

  1. trip sitter
  2. trip sitters
  3. trip sitting
  4. trip slip
  5. trip slips
  6. trip switch
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  8. trip the light fantastic
  9. trip the light fantastic toe
  10. trip tic
  11. trip tics

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