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control panels

control panels is the plural of control panel.

Meaning of control panel

Noun

control panel (plural control panels)

  1. A flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
    • The new signalling controls 40 track miles; 31 multiple-aspect signals are operated by the new control panels and a further 31 signals are automatic.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: New signalbox at Twyford”, in Modern Railways, page 227
  2. (broadly) A computer display offering a number of controls or options.

Questions about control panels

What is control panels the plural of?
Control panels is the plural of control panel.

Words near control panels in the dictionary

  1. control order
  2. control orders
  3. control pad
  4. control pads
  5. control panel
  6. control panels
  7. control plane
  8. control point
  9. control points
  10. control rod
  11. control rods

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