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

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.