dimmer switch

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dimmer switch

noun dimmer switches

A light switch which can adjust the brightness of the switched lamp from dim to bright, as well as turning it on and off. Elder Price: "Well, Elder McKinley, I think it's okay that you're having gay thoughts just so long as you never act upon them." Elder McKinley: "No, because then you're just keeping it down, like a dimmer switch on low (on low), thinking nobody needs to know (Uh-oh!)"
rare A switch that changes the headlamps on a motor vehicle from low to high and from high to low beam; a high-beam switch; a brights switch.

Similar: dipswitch, dipper switch

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@misc{dimmer_switch_2026,
  title = {dimmer switch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dimmer%20switch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}