"wye switch" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wye switches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "wye switch (plural wye switches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "en:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, Interstate Commerce Commission, Accident Adjustment Report, page 30",
          "text": "When the wye switch is opened the home signal is automatically set at danger and the distant signal at caution.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A railroad switch, having a Y shape, in which one line splits into two lines that diverge at equal angles."
      ],
      "id": "en-wye_switch-en-noun-wdgDQmV8",
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "railroad",
          "railroad"
        ],
        [
          "switch",
          "switch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport, US) A railroad switch, having a Y shape, in which one line splits into two lines that diverge at equal angles."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Y points"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "equilateral switch"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wye switch"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wye switches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wye switch (plural wye switches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, Interstate Commerce Commission, Accident Adjustment Report, page 30",
          "text": "When the wye switch is opened the home signal is automatically set at danger and the distant signal at caution.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A railroad switch, having a Y shape, in which one line splits into two lines that diverge at equal angles."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "railroad",
          "railroad"
        ],
        [
          "switch",
          "switch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport, US) A railroad switch, having a Y shape, in which one line splits into two lines that diverge at equal angles."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Y points"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "equilateral switch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wye switch"
}