Well, I always switch off the lights because it just seems pretty intuitive to me that you turn off the lights, you're gonna save energy and save your lightbulb.

Is It Cheaper To Leave The Lights On Than To Turn Them Off? | MythBusters

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Vocabulary

switch off

phrasal verb

if you switch off something such as a light or a machine, or if it switches off, it stops working
to stop listening to someone, or to stop thinking about something

intuitive

adjective

Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
Easily understood or grasped by intuition.
Having a marked degree of intuition.

turn off

phrasal verb

to leave the road that you are travelling along in order to go along another one that leads away from it
to make someone feel bored or no longer interested in something
to stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by pressing a button or by moving a switch
to stop paying attention
to stop someone feeling sexually attracted or sexually excited
to stop using a supply of water, gas, or electricity by turning a tap, pressing a button, or moving a switch

halfway

adverb

Half of the way between two points; midway.
Moderately; somewhat.

find out

phrasal verb

to discover a fact or piece of information
to discover that someone has been dishonest

unveils

verb

To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.
To remove a veil; to reveal oneself.

gadget

noun

A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey.
Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled. Often either clever or complicated.
Any consumer electronics product.
A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.

inductive

adjective

Of, or relating to logical induction.
Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.
Introductory or preparatory.
Influencing; tending to induce or cause.

induces

verb

To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
To cause, bring about, lead to.
To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
To infer by induction.
To lead in, bring in, introduce.
To draw on, place upon.

oscilloscope

noun

An electronic measuring instrument that creates a visible two-dimensional graph, on a screen, of one or more continuously varying voltages or currents.

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