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FIIG:  A32200

Entry Date:  Mar-29-1991

Concept:  

Status:  A

Applicability:  D

Type:  0

Definition:  An electronic device which provides for the transfer of the electrical signal input from one component to another, or between two or more components. It may also provide a continuous sequence of switching or sampling of a number of circuits. See also GATE, ELECTRONIC.

Basic INC:  70248

Basic Name:  SWITCH

Description:  1. A device which completes, interrupts, or changes the connections in one or more electrical circuit(s) by electrical, electronic, manual or mechanical actuation, or as a result of changes in ambient temperature. It includes items consisting of individually separable switches which are physically interlocked (e.g., one button returns when the other is pushed), which have a common actuator, or are electrically connected. Excludes: items which perform the same function by self-produced thermal action, such as relays, circuit breakers, fuses, or motor starters.