"stepping switch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stepping switches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stepping switch (plural stepping switches)
  1. An electromechanical device which connects an input to one of a number of outputs according to how many electrical pulses it has received on its input. Related terms: Strowger switch, uniselector
    Sense id: en-stepping_switch-en-noun-BtxAnH85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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