Sentence examples for knife switch from inspiring English sources

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knife switch

noun

A switch used to control the flow of electricity in a circuit, consisting of a hinge which allows a metal lever, or knife, to be lifted from or inserted into a slot or jaw.

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Data acquisition was by telescopic observation of drops, timed by a stop watch as a manually operated knife switch was used to change the electric field.

You can use a regular mechanical switch or a knife switch to make this electromagnet, both available for purchase at hardware stores.

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Later, at Lock 15, we would see pristine gas engines, with polished brass pipes and old-fashioned wood-handled knife switches.

As a boy, he wired a communication system for his friends, using old phone equipment that was left behind in vacant apartments and built a crude switchboard with knife switches, only to be caught by a repairman, his daughter said.

His electric guitar outfitted with wild effects and knife switches, although his handmade USB keys are still amazing.

And perhaps there are those who feel it's uncool and a waste of time to put down your knife and switch hands when you could be using the few seconds saved to text your friends.

My friend brought tape, rope, a knife, a switch blade and a camera, so just about everything you'd need to kidnap and torture someone (the two blades already racking up a double felony in the state of Massachusetts).

If both sides are covered in soot, cut off the top layer with a sharp knife or switch to a new sponge.

When Rick's crew plunges bowie knives and other sharp weapons into zombie skulls, those zombies instantly fall to the ground, as if the knife flipped some switch in their brain.

Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore's west side.

Switch to knife by pressing 1 on your keyboard.

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