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Noun: latching relay
  1. A relay that maintains either contact position indefinitely without power applied to the coil.
    "A latching relay allows remote control of building lighting without the hum that may be produced from a continuously (AC) energized coil.";
    - stay relay, impulse relay, bistable relay, keep relay

Type of: electrical relay, relay

Encyclopedia: Latching relay