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switchyard

[ swich-yahrd ]

noun

  1. a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of switchyard1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; switch + yard 2
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The lasers then enter the Switchyard, where mirrors direct the beams.

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The electrical switchyard at the plant had also been shelled, he said, suggesting that Russia had been trying to cut off the plant’s access to electricity.

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The Morro Bay power station would house around 180,000 battery modules that would hold energy produced elsewhere and release it to the power grid via an existing PG&E switchyard adjacent to the site.

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Much as a train switchyard can steer rail cars to different locations, researchers have engineered protein motors to carry tiny bits of cargo to different locations.

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The utility said that that the fire is contained “within the switchyard at Plant McDonough,” and there are no known injuries.

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