Definitions
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- noun a switch set to operate at a desired time
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Examples
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Some Australian states have delayed their Daylight Savings time-switch by a week in order to accommodate the Commonwealth Games; however, this is causing chaos in corporate environments where the servers have no idea how to reconcile their time-zones and get everyone into the same meeting at the same time, correctly sort database entries by time, etc.
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Just out of curiosity, has anyone had any trouble with the time-switch?
worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2004
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"But your whole family knows how to make a simple time-switch?"
Hot Money Francis, Dick 1987
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Further down the road we were talking about the time-switch clocks, which had been an unwelcome piece of news to him also.
Hot Money Francis, Dick 1987
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Berenice interrupted, "Dear Thomas couldn't make a time-switch to save his life, could you, darling?"
Hot Money Francis, Dick 1987
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"And the time-switch clocks, do you remember those?"
Hot Money Francis, Dick 1987
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Willis set a time-switch and pushed the overdrive button.
A Matter of Importance Murray Leinster 1935
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