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knife switch

an electrical switch in which the hinged, knifelike contact blade is pressed down between the contact clips

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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