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What is a microswitch?

What is a microswitch? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator.
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The knife handle was connected to a microswitch providing an activation force of 570 g when combined with the spring.
A pressure sensor, supplied by Honeywell's Microswitch division, Morristown, NJ, is used to measure the level of negative pressure applied to the pads.
Reverse is engaged by pulling on a special T-bar on the centre console that operates a microswitch.
After all, it was probably just a stuck microswitch, no big deal.
We're developing a microswitch for next year, which, when a heater is moved in any direction, turns off the unit automatically.
I adored the DVD screens in the back and the way they'd used a chrome microswitch to open the glovebox.

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