Translations for „on-off“ in the English » German Dictionary

on-ˈoff ADJ inv

1. on-off (of relationship):

on-off

unstet

2. on-off (of switch):

on-off

Ein-Aus-

on/off switch N

on/off switch

Ein/Aus-Schalter m

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

on/off duty

im/nicht im Dienst

to be full on/off tap

voll auf-/abgedreht sein

to flick the light switch [on/off]

das Licht an-/ausknipsen

to live high on/off the hog

in Saus und Braus leben

to live on [or off] a pension

von der Rente [o. A Pension] leben

to turn [or switch] the radio on/off

das Radio auf-/abdrehen

to pop one's clothes on/off

sich dat ein Kleidungsstück überstreifen/ausziehen

to turn the tap on/off

den Hahn auf-/zudrehen

Show more

to turn the heater on/off

die Heizung anstellen/abstellen

to live high on [or off] the hog

fürstlich leben

to turn on/off the television

den Fernseher an-/ausschalten

to turn a faucet on/off

einen Wasserhahn auf-/abdrehen

to cast on/off a stitch

eine Masche anschlagen/abketten

to get on/off one's soapbox

anfangen/aufhören, große Reden zu schwingen

to put [or switch] [or turn] the light on/off

das Licht einschalten/ausschalten [o. inf anmachen/ausmachen]

Show less

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The on-off cycle has a period on the order of milliseconds.

en.wikipedia.org

Dimming systems are generally more expensive than on-off systems.

en.wikipedia.org

The controls featured an on-off switch combined with a calibration adjustment and a multi-position battery test switch.

en.wikipedia.org

Central control rooms became common in the 1920s, but as late as the early 1930s, most process control was on-off.

en.wikipedia.org

An analogy to on-off control is driving a car by applying either full power or no power and varying the duty cycle, to control speed.

en.wikipedia.org

The input and output of the synaptic transistor are continuous analog values, rather than digital on-off signals.

en.wikipedia.org

I see it as a very teenage relationship because of the on-off status.

en.wikipedia.org

One is constant flow; the other is a manual on-off valve called a bypass valve; both feed into the same hose which feeds the counterlung.

en.wikipedia.org

From now on they have an on-off relationship.

en.wikipedia.org

In principle, there are 4 independent types of correlations in two-state trajectories: on-on, on-off, off-on, and off-off.

en.wikipedia.org