Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In electricity, a switchboard for circuits used in the distribution of power, as distinguished from a switchboard for lighting-circuits.
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Examples
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Swiftly, Kendall altered the atomic distortion storage apparatus, and returned to the power-board.
The Ultimate Weapon John Wood Campbell 1940
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Swiftly they hooked up the apparatus, realigned the projector, and again Kendall took his place at the power-board.
The Ultimate Weapon John Wood Campbell 1940
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They had brought a special switchboard and the electrician morosely instructed employees of the local power-board in its mysteries.
Vintage Murder Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1937
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Regarding my travel gear it's not very different to what I wrote about last week (or so) ago but ultimately there is one item I wanted to share with you as my best travel weapon ... a power-board!
Uber Tablet: A Tablet PC Talk Spot Hugo Ortega 2010
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The main power-board has its MOVs and fuses fixed together with a shrink wrap like tube, so best to transmit heat to the fuse.
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The power-board has a ferrite core and several inductive coils, to suppress EMI.
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What do you suppose happened when the terrific magnetic field of the beam and the currents in the wires of their power-board were mutually opposed? "
Invaders from the Infinite John Wood Campbell 1940
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