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relay rooms

relay rooms is the plural of relay room.

Meaning of relay room

Noun

relay room (plural relay rooms)

  1. A room in a railway signalling installation where relays for operating signals and points or switches are housed.
    • The hump cabin and its relay room are at the summit of the hump on the right-hand side, and the control tower is on the centre line of the yard between the primary and secondary retarders.1959 July, “Temple Mills Marshalling Yard”, in Railway Magazine, page 492

Questions about relay rooms

What is relay rooms the plural of?
Relay rooms is the plural of relay room.

Words near relay rooms in the dictionary

  1. relay cylinder
  2. relay cylinders
  3. relay race
  4. relay races
  5. relay room
  6. relay rooms
  7. relay station
  8. relay strike
  9. relay strikes
  10. relayed
  11. relayer

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