switch gear

A form of switchgear — A device used to control, meter, protect, and regulate electronics as part of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.

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Meanings

nounswitch gear (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of switchgear.

    The lighting equipment consists of [an] axle-driven shunt field dynamo with a regulator combining all the necessary switch gear as a unit, and a lead acid accumulator cell battery housed in two boxes on the underframe.

    1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 328
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APA

switch gear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/switch%20gear

MLA

“switch gear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/switch%20gear. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “switch gear,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/switch%20gear.

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