Meanings
plural control panels
- A flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
It also installed new control panels at Kingmoor Signal Box and a new operating system in the relay room.
2026 January 21, Richard Wilcock, “Network Rail completes £200 million West Coast Main Line upgrades”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 101 more example
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 227Synonyms: instrument panel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
More synonyms by meaning
nounelectrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic لَوْحَةُ التَّحَكُّم
- لَوْحَةُ التَّحَكُّم (lawḥatu t-taḥakkum)surface with controls
Bulgarian пулт, конзо́ла
- пулт (pult)surface with controls
- конзо́ла (konzóla)surface with controls
Chinese Mandarin 儀表盤 /仪表盘, 控制面板
- 儀表盤 /仪表盘 (yíbiǎopán)surface with controls
- 控制面板 (kòngzhì miànbǎn)computer user interface
Czech řídící panel
- řídící panelsurface with controls
Dutch bedieningspaneel, configuratiescherm
- bedieningspaneelsurface with controls
- configuratieschermcomputer user interface
Esperanto stirpanelo
- stirpanelocomputer user interface
Estonian juhtpult
- juhtpultsurface with controls
Finnish ohjaustaulu, ohjauspöytä
- ohjaustaulusurface with controls
- ohjauspöytäsurface with controls
- hallintapaneelicomputer user interface
French tableau de bord, panneau de contrôle
- tableau de bordsurface with controls
- panneau de contrôlesurface with controls
- panneau de configurtioncomputer user interface
- panneau de contrôlecomputer user interface
German Schalttafel
- Schalttafelsurface with controls
Hungarian vezérlőpult, vezérlőasztal
- vezérlőpultsurface with controls
- vezérlőasztalsurface with controls
- kezelőpultsurface with controls
- vezérlőpultcomputer user interface
- kezelőpultcomputer user interface
- irányítópultcomputer user interface
Indonesian panel kontrol, panel pengatur
- panel kontrolsurface with controls
- panel pengatursurface with controls
- panel kontrolcomputer user interface
- panel pengaturcomputer user interface
Japanese 制御盤, コントロールパネル
- 制御盤 (seigyoban)surface with controls
- コントロールパネル (kontorōru paneru)surface with controls
Korean 제어판, 컨트롤 패널
- 제어판 (jeeopan)surface with controls
- 컨트롤 패널 (keonteurol paeneol)surface with controls
Māori paewhiri mana
- paewhiri manasurface with controls
Polish pulpit sterowniczy, panel sterowania
- pulpit sterowniczysurface with controls
- panel sterowaniacomputer user interface
Portuguese painel de controle
- painel de controlesurface with controls
Romanian tablou de comandă, panou de control
- tablou de comandăsurface with controls
- panou de controlsurface with controls
- panou de comandăsurface with controls
Russian контро́льная пане́ль, пане́ль управления
- контро́льная пане́ль (kontrólʹnaja panɛ́lʹ)surface with controls
- пане́ль управления (panɛ́lʹ upravlenija)surface with controls
- пульт (pulʹt)surface with controls
- консо́ль (konsólʹ)surface with controls
Spanish panel de control, panel de control
- panel de controlsurface with controls
- panel de controlcomputer user interface
Vietnamese bảng điều khiển
- bảng điều khiểnsurface with controls
Cite this entry
control panel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/control%20panel
“control panel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/control%20panel. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “control panel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/control%20panel.
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