wye
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1ADJ.
equal, used
Definitions
noun
The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.
It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
A wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines.
By going around the wye, a train can change direction.
verb
To make something into a wye (letter Y) shape.
When a hose line is divided into two or more lines, these lines are known as wyed lines.
To reverse the direction of a train using a wye.
Since the train didn't have a control cab at the other end, they wyed the train to turn it around for the trip back to the city.
Committee contend that when these trains are wyed at Springfield, the road passenger crews are performing yard work at that point to eliminate switching by yard crews.
name
A river in Wales and England, including Powys, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, the fifth-longest in the UK.
A river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Derwent.
A river in Buckinghamshire, England, which joins the Thames at Bourne End.
A village in Wye with Hinxhill parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0546).
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noun — the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
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6Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.
WiktionaryIt said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
WiktionaryA wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines.
WiktionaryWhen a hose line is divided into two or more lines, these lines are known as wyed lines.
WiktionarySince the train didn't have a control cab at the other end, they wyed the train to turn it around for the trip back to the city.
WiktionaryCommittee contend that when these trains are wyed at Springfield, the road passenger crews are performing yard work at that point to eliminate switching by yard crews.
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