microswitch

English

The internals of a computer mouse. Microswitches, visible in this image as black rectangles with white actuator buttons, are the mechanisms of the left and right mouse buttons.

Etymology

From micro- +‎ switch.

Noun

microswitch (plural microswitches)

1. An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator.

   The left microswitch in my mouse has failed.

Related terms

• microswitching

Translations

electrical switch

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微动开关 (wēidòngkāiguān)

• Czech: mikrospínač m

Further reading

• “microswitch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.