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Bounceless

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000718

Describing a switch, relay, or switching circuit whose output changes cleanly, without the repeated make-and-break of contact bounce, so no debouncing is needed. Mercury-wetted relays have this property, as does a mechanical switch followed by a latch circuit. Contact bounce in an ordinary switch typically lasts a few milliseconds, long enough for a fast logic input to read it as several separate presses.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-000718
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectManufacturing
TranslationsGerman: sprunglos; Spanish: sin rebote; French: anti-rebond
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000718",
  "term": "Bounceless",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Describing a switch, relay, or switching circuit whose output changes cleanly, without the repeated make-and-break of contact bounce, so no debouncing is needed. Mercury-wetted relays have this property, as does a mechanical switch followed by a latch circuit. Contact bounce in an ordinary switch typically lasts a few milliseconds, long enough for a fast logic input to read it as several separate presses.",
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "sprunglos",
    "es": "sin rebote",
    "fr": "anti-rebond"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/bounceless/"
}

Record 781 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.