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| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | A general term covering switching devices and their combination with associated control, measuring, protective and regulating equipment, also assemblies of such devices and equipment with associated inter-connections, accessories, enclosures and supporting structures, intended, in principle, for use in connection with generation, transmission, distribution and conversion of electric energy. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | This is a general term applied to switching, interrupting, controlling, metering, protective, and regulating devices, as well as assemblies of these devices with associated interconnections, accessories, and supporting structures. The term is used primarily in connection withgeneration, transmission, distribution, and conversion of electric power. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SWITCHGEAR |
| Specialty definitions using "SWITCHGEAR": assembler-insulator ♦ BATTERY MAINTAINER, LARGE EMERGENCY STORAGE ♦ FINAL TESTER, FOLLOW-UP CLERK ♦ M.O. Mine safety indicator, MOLD OPERATOR, MOTOR-ROOM CONTROLLER ♦ power engineer, powerhouse engineer, power-plant engineer, POWER-PLANT OPERATOR ♦ service tester, switch bay ♦ transportable substation ♦ VOLTAGE TESTER. (references) |
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Business | The leading suppliers of switchgear, motors and engines, a market estimated at between $50 and $100 million, include ABB (40 percent) and Siemens (30 percent). (references) | |
Local production was relatively small and amounted to approximately U.S.$ 20.9 million in 1999. It consists principally in the manufacture of control panels, switchgear, switch boxes, electric motor starters, circuit breakers, rewinding of electrical motors, arrestors, small ceramic insulators, aluminum wire and cable and some transformers. (references) | ||
Economic History | Syria | In addition, the Ministry issued tenders in 2000 for the construction of Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) in Damascus and Aleppo as well as six outdoor substations. (references) |
Vietnam | Sub-sectors with the most potential include fixed and mobile wireless, VSAT, cable TV transmission equipment, portable radio systems, digital microwave systems and digital switchgear (toll switches and tandem switches). (references) | |
Kenya | Total Kenyan ELP market growth for the period 2000-2002 is expected to range from five to seven percent annually in real terms, though demand for such items as transmission lines and switchgear may grow at a faster rate. (references) | |
Travel | Sri Lanka | Small bombs have frequently been placed against infrastructure targets such as telephone switchgear or electrical power transformers. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SWITCHGEAR" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 58.33% of the time. "SWITCHGEAR" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 58.33% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 41.67% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "SWITCHGEAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sporskifter (points, pointsman, railway switchgear, signalman, switch, switchman, tongue), fremstilling af elektriske motorer,generatorer,transformatorer,afbrydere og elektrisk installationsmateriel (comprising electric motors, electricity generators, manufacture of electrical machinery, switches, switchgear and other basic electrical plant, transformers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wissels (points, railway switchgear, switch, tongue), fabrieken van elektromotoren,-generatoren en-transformatoren en van schakel-en installatiemateriaal (comprising electric motors, electricity generators, manufacture of electrical machinery, switches, switchgear and other basic electrical plant, transformers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sähkömoottorien (comprising electric motors, electricity generators, manufacture of electrical machinery, switches, switchgear and other basic electrical plant, transformers), -generaattoreiden ja-muuntajien valmistus (comprising electric motors, electricity generators, manufacture of electrical machinery, switches, switchgear and other basic electrical plant, transformers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fabrication de matériel électrique d'équipement (switches, switchgear and other basic electrical plant), aiguilles (railway switchgear, switch, switch-blades, switch-rails, switch-tongues), aiguillages (railway switchgear, switch, switches). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schaltanlage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραγωγή ηλεκτρικών κινητήρων,γεννητριών και μετασχηματιστών καθώς και εξαρτημάτων εγκατάστασης και σύνδεσης (comprising electric motors, electricity generators, manufacture of electrical machinery, switches, switchgear and other basic electrical plant, transformers), τροχιά αλλαγής κατεύθυνσης (points, railway switchgear, switch, tongue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scambi (points, railway switchgear, switch, tongue), fabbricazione di motori,generatori,trasformatori,interruttori ed altro materiale elettrico (comprising electric motors, electricity generators, manufacture of electrical machinery, switches, switchgear and other basic electrical plant, transformers), deviatoio (switch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itchgearsway fabricação de material eléctrico de equipamento (comprising electric motors, electricity generators, manufacture of electrical machinery, switches, switchgear and other basic electrical plant, transformers), agulhas (needles, points, railway switchgear, switch, tongue). (various references) коммутационная аппаратура. (various references) fabricación de material eléctrico de equipamiento (comprising electric motors, electricity generators, manufacture of electrical machinery, switches, switchgear and other basic electrical plant, transformers), agujas (points, shunt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-h-i-r-s-t-w" | |
-2 letters: agrestic, chariest, cigarets, ergastic, switcher, theriacs, watchers, waterish. | |
-3 letters: achiest, aigrets, aitches, cagiest, cahiers, cashier, charges, chaster, chawers, cigaret, cithers, cristae, earwigs, gaiters, gastric, gathers, hastier, hegaris, hegiras, rachets, raciest, ratches, resight, richest, scraigh, seagirt, sighter, stagier, stearic, swather, swither, thawers, theriac, tragics, triages, trishaw, waister, waiters, wariest, washier, wastrie, watcher, watches. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-h-i-r-s-t-w" | |
+2 letters: witchgrasses. | |
+3 letters: switchgrasses. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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