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Meaning of "switch yard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWITCH YARD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWITCH YARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Switch yard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SWITCH YARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of switch yard in the English dictionary

The definition of switch yard in the dictionary is an area in a railway system where rolling stock is shunted, as in forming trains.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWITCH YARD

switch
switch hit
switch off
switch on
switch selling
switch-hit
switch-hitter
switchable
switchback
switchblade
switchblade knife
switchboard
switchboard operator
switched-on
switched-star
switchel
switcher
switcheroo
switchgear
switchgirl

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWITCH YARD

back yard
backyard
coal yard
courtyard
exercise yard
freight yard
goods yard
graveyard
in one´s own back yard
knacker´s yard
main yard
marshalling yard
navy yard
prison yard
railway yard
refit yard
shunting yard
timber yard
vineyard
yard

Synonyms and antonyms of switch yard in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «switch yard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWITCH YARD

Find out the translation of switch yard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of switch yard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «switch yard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开关场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

patio de maniobras
570 millions of speakers

English

switch yard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्विच यार्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التبديل الفناء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

переключатель двор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interruptor quintal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুইচ ইয়ার্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

commutateur cour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menukar halaman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rangierbahnhof
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スイッチヤード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스위치 야드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngalih yard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuyển sân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முற்றத்தில் மாறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्विच आवारातील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geçiş yarda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

interruttore cantiere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przełącznik stoczni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перемикач двір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

comutator curte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυλή διακόπτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skakel werf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

switch yard
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bryter verftet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of switch yard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWITCH YARD»

The term «switch yard» is normally little used and occupies the 130.837 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWITCH YARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about switch yard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWITCH YARD»

Discover the use of switch yard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to switch yard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Computational Optimal Control
The single line diagram object for the entire process shows overview information about the entire power system, while single line diagram objects for the switch yard and the transformer station consist of more detailed information. class object  ...
Roland Bulirsch, Dieter Kraft, 1994
2
Representing Freight in Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Models
Each freight railroad that operates in a region is asked to report the number of switch yard locomotives they operate, by county or by individual yard. Some railroads also are able to provide hours of switch locomotive use by county or yard.
‎2010
3
MATLAB: Advanced GUI Development
Within the callback function, the switch and case commands may be used to define separate actions for each of the radio buttons. In each case in the 'switch yard', the following two essential tasks should be performed: • Set the Value property ...
Scott T. Smith, 2006
4
Computational Design Thinking: Computation Design Thinking
To take a more complicated case: the railroad switch-yard. It plainly functions as a whole. In order to understand it as a device for breaking up and making trains, we must focus on the sequence of switches, and on the fact that the length of ...
Achim Menges, Sean Ahlquist, 2011
5
Philo Gubb
From the lower side of the yard he saw a black figure emerge, cross the street _ and disappear over the bank into the railway switch-. yard below. Mr. Gubb scrambled down and followed. At the bank above the switch-yard he paused, keeping ...
Ellis Parker Butler
6
Railroad technology and manpower in the 1970's
This simply introduces a slight incline into the switch yard so that, instead of having to provide all the power to send a car from the point at which it was cut from the train, the switch engine need only reach the top of the hump at a relatively slow ...
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Richard Johnson, 1972
7
Transportation Expressions (1996)
... Hand Operated Switch Interlocked Switch Power - Operated Switch Railroad Switching and Terminal Railroad Switching and Terminal Establishments Sectionalizing Switch Spring Switch Trailing Point Switch Yard Switching Train Mile Yard ...
Richard Feldman, 1998
8
Particle and Nuclear Physics at J-PARC
The plan view of the extraction point from the J-PARC MR (50-GeV PS), the switch yard, the hadron experimental hall, and the high-momentum beamline. of 15kW, namely a 2% of the planned full power. In-Medium Mass Modification of Vector ...
Takahiro Sato, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Koji Yoshimura, 2009
9
Computer Relaying for Power Systems
They are linked with substation host computer which in turn is linked with a system center computer communicate with the switch yard through the relay input and output signals. As the relay outputs are connected to circuit breakers and could ...
Arun G. Phadke, James S. Thorp, 2009
10
The London and Westminster Guide, Through the Cities and ...
Switch's yard, .upper ground str. Swlthin's alley, threadneedle sir xSwithin'e rents, ibid. Sword and buckler court, ludgate 'ill Sycamore yard, kent street Symond" Symmnnd*s-inn, in chaneery lane Symond's-inn court,symond's-inn Syth's lane, ...
London, 1768

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWITCH YARD»

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Three injured at Callaway Energy Center
The incident, which occurred while a piece of equipment in the switch yard was being worked on, happened at 5:06 p.m. The switch yard, which distributes ... «KRCG, Apr 13»

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