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Definition of Three-way switch
1. Noun. An electric switch that has three terminals; used to control a circuit from two different locations.
Definition of Three-way switch
1. Noun. A type of light switch which can be arranged in pairs to control lights from two locations, as at either end of a stairway or long hallway. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Three-way Switch
Literary usage of Three-way switch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electrical Construction: An Elementary Course for Vocational Schools by Walter Benedict Weber (1916)
"Principle All lamps, including the three-way switch circuit, can be controlled
... Object To show that when a three-way switch circuit is included, ..."
2. Wiring of Finished Buildings: A Practical Treatise, Dealing with the by Terrell Croft (1915)
"For hall lighting, three-way switch circuits are usually installed so that the
hall lamps can be controlled from either the first or second floors as shown ..."
3. The Technical World (1904)
"I, I wish to know how lights A and B can be arranged on a three-way -switch, so
that when light A is X*"' Thne-Way Switch FIG. 1. ..."
4. Handbook of Mechanical and Electrical Cost Data: Giving Shipping Weights by Halbert Powers Gillette, Richard Turner Dana (1918)
"4.00 One set of two three-way switch outlets controlling two or three-lamp outlets
5.00 One set of two three-way and one four-way switch outlet controlling ..."
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