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limit switch

noun

  1. a switch that automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it, as an elevator, has passed a given point.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of limit switch1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

Meanwhile the Welsh Conservatives want the health budget ring-fenced and have criticised spending on "vanity projects" like the 20mph speed limit switch, and Senedd reform.

From BBC

If our booming economy has a limit switch, it is congestion.

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