Definition of "switch" []

• A slender flexible rod, stick, or twig, especially one used for whipping. (noun)
• The bushy tip of the tail of certain animals: a cow's switch. (noun)
• A thick strand of real or synthetic hair used as part of a coiffure. (noun)
• A flailing or lashing, as with a slender rod. (noun)
• A device used to break or open an electric circuit or to divert current from one conductor to another. (noun)

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• "I hoped she could get used to the name switch for we intended to call her Michelle."
• "The name switch represents the first major change among NBCUniversal's smaller "emerging networks" following its merger with Comcast earlier this year."
• "The channelrhodopsin switch is “really going to blow the lid off the whole analysis of brain function,” said George Augustine, a neurobiologist at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Dr. Deisseroth, who is also a psychiatrist who treats patients with autism or severe depression, has ambitious goals."