control room

noun

a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio)

• Hypernyms: ↑room

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noun

: the room (as in a broadcasting station) in which the control instruments are located

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a room housing control equipment, as in a recording studio.

[1925-30]

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control room noun

A room in which control instruments are placed, eg in a broadcasting station

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Main Entry: ↑control

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control room UK US noun [countable] [singular control room plural control rooms]

a room that contains equipment used for operating machines or organizing an activity that involves a lot of people

Thesaurus: miscellaneous rooms_hyponym

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control room,

1. a soundproof room or booth in the studio of a radio or television broadcasting station, from which the director and technicians control the transmission of a program: »

A TV control room under the auditorium houses the director, who monitors the lecture, relaying the closeups on to screens suspended from the roof of the auditorium (David Lutyens).

2. a room equipped with instruments for directing a particular operation, as the activation of a nuclear reactor or the launching of a rocket: »

The 2,000-ton structure and its dial-filled control room are expected to be peering into space by October (Newsweek).