touch switch
Tap-activated power control
A touch switch is activated by physical contact rather than mechanical movement—you touch a surface instead of flipping or pressing a conventional switch.
Touch switches respond to finger contact through capacitive sensing or slight pressure: The lamp has a touch switch on the base.
Common in modern appliances, elevator buttons, and smartphone screens.
- buttonDisc through a hole
- sensorInput-detecting device
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
- finger tapBrief digit contact
- pressApply force downward
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- light controlsdimmer, pull chain, brightness control, motion sensor, photocell
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Two-position electrical controller
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