control room

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of control room¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Mr Johnson contacted the control room to get the train diverted from the fast track to the slow track when the alarm was raised.

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When the alarm was raised Mr Johnson was said to have contacted the control room to get the train diverted from the fast track to the slow track, which has a platform at Huntingdon.

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In 1996, she was promoted to the post of locomotive pilot - the main operator of the train's control room, or the "nerve centre" of the train.

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Explosions ripped through firewalls and engulfed much of the platform, including the control room and accommodation blocks - which were meant to be fireproof and safe.

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The images captured by the drones can be fed in real time to officers on the ground or back to the control room.

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