Definition of "microswitch" []

• An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator. (noun)

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• "Fortunately, the cause was a misadjusted microswitch, not my departure."
• "I have an alarm system that will summon the cops or the fire trucks only 2 miles away with a simple break in a microswitch."
• "Right here, just over your left-hand Fallopian tubes, is a microswitch that controls backward and forward motion."