Definition of switchyard in English:
switchyard
nounˈswɪtʃjɑːdˈswɪtʃˌjɑrd
US 1The part of a railway yard taken up by points, in which trains are made up.
Example sentencesExamples
- Over 16-course Chinese dinners, Teguh Ganda charmed investors with stories of his humble college education in China during the Cultural Revolution and his days working in a railroad switchyard.
- The switch yard is a very busy place as trains are broken up and cars are switched into sidings.
- They contemplated moving the highway to accommodate a possible railway switchyard.
- On exam, his chest and abdomen looks like a railroad switchyard.
2An enclosed area of a power system containing the switchgear.
Example sentencesExamples
- There, the power generation plant at Khor Az Zubahr has a dual switchyard.
- Debris hurled through the air by strong winds can also cause havoc at the plants' outdoor switchyards, where the megawatts they generate flow into high voltage lines.
- The Hyderabad unit would manufacture the boiler feed pumps and Bhopal and Jhansi units would supply electricals and switchyard equipment, the release said.
- Aluminum is used widely for high-voltage switchyard bus, as tubular aluminum conductors provide a very favorable combination of mechanical and electrical characteristics.
- The scope of work for the project involves the installation of two new 120 MW turbines and accompanying skids, modules, switchyard, busduct, transformers, and embedded conduit systems.
- The project employs 310 Iraqi workers and covers the rehabilitation of both turbines and the refurbishment of the 132kV switchyard.
Definition of switchyard in US English:
switchyard
nounˈswɪtʃˌjɑrdˈswiCHˌyärd
US 1The part of a railroad yard taken up by junctions, in which trains are made up.
Example sentencesExamples
- The switch yard is a very busy place as trains are broken up and cars are switched into sidings.
- Over 16-course Chinese dinners, Teguh Ganda charmed investors with stories of his humble college education in China during the Cultural Revolution and his days working in a railroad switchyard.
- They contemplated moving the highway to accommodate a possible railway switchyard.
- On exam, his chest and abdomen looks like a railroad switchyard.
2An enclosed area of a power system containing the switchgear.
Example sentencesExamples
- Debris hurled through the air by strong winds can also cause havoc at the plants' outdoor switchyards, where the megawatts they generate flow into high voltage lines.
- The project employs 310 Iraqi workers and covers the rehabilitation of both turbines and the refurbishment of the 132kV switchyard.
- Aluminum is used widely for high-voltage switchyard bus, as tubular aluminum conductors provide a very favorable combination of mechanical and electrical characteristics.
- The scope of work for the project involves the installation of two new 120 MW turbines and accompanying skids, modules, switchyard, busduct, transformers, and embedded conduit systems.
- There, the power generation plant at Khor Az Zubahr has a dual switchyard.
- The Hyderabad unit would manufacture the boiler feed pumps and Bhopal and Jhansi units would supply electricals and switchyard equipment, the release said.