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switch
  1. A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
  2. A change.
  3. (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.
  4. A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
  5. (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
  6. (computing) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
  7. (computing) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
  8. (telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
  9. (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.
  10. A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. button, control, lever, handle, key, controller, dial, disk, disc, regulator, joystick, knob, circuit breaker, on/off device, device, push button, rheostat, mechanism, governor, pushbutton, off switch, on switch, controls, grip, pull, trigger, panel, valve, instrument panel, dashboard, console, dash, thermostat, control switch, widget, actuator, selector, rein, brake, toggle, resistor, on/off, tuner, adjuster, push switch, power switch, dimmer, bimetallic strip, ball cock, limiter … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “Haley quickly flipped the switch to start the projector, but nothing happened and she frowned.”
      “There is an awkward pause, and I decide that a switch of subjects is in order.”
      “It is clear that these two couples are mismated and a hypothetical switch of partners would make the marriages more compatible.”
switching
  1. a beating by means of a switch (twig or twigs).
  2. movement of an animal's tail
  3. the transference of an investment from one fund to another
  4. the movement of a locomotive from one track to another
  5. change from one product / service provider to another
  6. Synonyms:
      7. whipping, beating, thrashing, lashing, flogging, hiding, pounding, pasting, belting, caning, walloping, tanning, spanking, birching, flagellation, scourging, pummeling, leathering, strapping, birch, cane, punishment, lash, scourge, switch, the strap, flaying, flailing, welting, horsewhipping, drubbing, hammering, thumping, bashing, slapping, battering, smacking, clobbering, pummelling, whacking, mauling, licking, thwacking, cuffing, pelting, buffeting, pummeled, clubbing, bopping, biffing … more
switcher
  1. One who or that which switches.
  2. (electronics) A switchmode power supply.
  3. (rail transport, US) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. shunter
  5. Examples:
      6. “The switcher backs the new caboose on, and the new crew grabs the conductor's work sheets.”
      “You can buy a cheap switcher and then simply cut between the two tape sources.”
      “This diminutive little switcher moved permanently to the cold climate of Seattle to become the turntable switcher at Interbay yard.”
switchman
  1. A person who operates railway switches which route trains onto rail tracks.
  2. A person whose job is to help in the switching of railcars in a railway yard.
  3. Examples:
      4. “One switchman handles both locomotives, that is he takes one out while the other is loading and so on.”
      “Only the station-master and a switchman with a lantern swinging in his hand were in sight.”
      “The switchman stationed there heard the cry I was able to utter, and came to my assistance.”
switchyard
  1. Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled.
  2. Examples:
      3. “They contemplated moving the highway to accommodate a possible railway switchyard.”
      “The project employs 310 Iraqi workers and covers the rehabilitation of both turbines and the refurbishment of the 132kV switchyard.”
      “There, the power generation plant at Khor Az Zubahr has a dual switchyard.”
switchplate
  1. The wallplate in which a switch, such as a light switch, is housed.
switchover
  1. A complete change or switch from one state, system or course of action to another.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. failover, alternate, backup, failsafe, standby, fault tolerance, vicissitude, change, shift, metamorphosis, modification, transformation, transition, transmutation, turn, vagary, variation, alteration, alternation, development, diversity, mutability, mutation, reversal, reverse, switch, variety, deviation, downturn, permutation, progression, revolution, transposition, turnaround, about-face, flip-flop, change of fortune, mid-course correction, turnabout, changeover, change of course, second thoughts, U-turn, change of heart, turn-around, about-turn, volte-face, modulation, transfiguration, variance … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The first smaller pulse induces switchover from larval to pupal commitment, and the second much larger pulse induces the pupal molt.”
      “I can see this weblogs.com switchover is going to get on my wick very very quickly indeed.”
      “The time is ideal for the government to step in, said the party, because of the impending digital television switchover.”
switchbox
  1. A box with electrical switches mounted on it.
switchgirl
  1. The female equivalent of a switchman.
switchology
  1. The settings of switches on panels.
switchability
  1. capability of being switched
  2. Examples:
      3. “There are also other possible contingent scenarios that may limit scalar switchability.”
      “The repeated switchability of the CF2 dipoles upon the application of a bipolar cyclic electric field was also confirmed.”
      “We also demonstrate the tunability and switchability of the real and imaginary part of the dielectric constant via external temperature stimuli.”
switchplates
  1. plural of switchplate
switchgirls
  1. plural of switchgirl
switchovers
  1. plural of switchover
  2. Synonyms:
      3. failover, alternates, backups, failsafes, standbys, vicissitudes, changes, shift, metamorphoses, modification, transformation, transition, transmutations, turns, vagaries, variation, alterations, alternation, development, diversity, mutability, mutation, reversal, reverses, switches, variety, deviations, downturns, permutations, progression, revolution, transpositions, turnaround, about-faces, flip-flops, turnabouts, about-turns, second thoughts, changeovers, U-turns, volte-faces, changes of heart, turn-arounds, transmogrifications, transfiguration, innovation, novelties, difference, diversification, modulation … more
switchyards
  1. plural of switchyard
switchmen
  1. plural of switchman
  2. Examples:
      3. “Crucial to the success of any boycott would be the switchmen, who had joined the ARU in large numbers.”
      “Fyodorov was now in charge of a number of switches and the junior switchmen who operated them.”
      “The alarm was passed along the line, and switchmen finally succeeded in switching the convoy on a siding.”
switchings
  1. plural of switching
  2. Synonyms:
      3. whipping, beatings, thrashings, lashing, flogging, hiding, poundings, pastings, beltings, caning, wallopings, tanning, spankings, birchings, flagellation, scourgings, pummelings, leatherings, strapping, birches, cane, punishment, lashes, scourge, switches, flailings, horsewhippings, welting, flayings, trouncings, straps, bullwhippings, whoppings, belts, going-overs, latherings, bashings, drubbings, interchanges, swap, swappings, exchanges, substitution, replacement, trade, changes, inversion, rearrangements, reorderings … more
switchboxes
  1. plural of switchbox
switchers
  1. plural of switcher
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shunters
switches
  1. plural of switch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. changes, replacements, substitutions, swaps, turnaround, conversion, exchanges, flip-flops, interchanges, trades, rotations, alternation, surrogates, barterings, commutation, transpositions, substitution, swap, replacement, swappings, trade, trade-offs, changeovers, switchings, quae pro quibus, truck, dickers, barter, back-and-forths, inversion, displacements, substitutes, transactions, renewals, reversal, transfer, rearrangements, deals, tradeoffs, shift, reconstitutions, reinstatement, reorderings, shufflings, transposings, revision, shuffles, commutations, barters, trucks … more
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