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Meanings of wye in English

Portuguese
ípsilon
Catalan
y
Spanish
y
Wikidata

The 25th letter of the Roman alphabet.

        ípsilon
        Russian
        поворотный треугольник
        Portuguese
        triângulo de reversão
        Spanish
        triángulo ferroviario
        Catalan
        triangle ferroviari
        Wikidata

        In railroad structures, and rail terminology, a wye (like the 'Y' glyph) or triangular junction is a triangular joining arrangement of three rail lines with a railroad switch (set of points) at each corner connecting to each incoming line.

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              поворотный треугольник
              Usage of wye in English
              1
              Hi, Mr. Booth, you used ter know yer wye abaht.
              The Best British Short Stories of 1922
              2
              Well, you know your wye up, sir, down't ye?
              The Christian: A Story
              3
              Gowan's on his wye back frae Ameriky, ye ken, an' Christian's had word to expect him.
              Up in Ardmuirland
              4
              It'll be that wye with us next.
              The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
              5
              It's very pretty that wye.'
              Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages
              6
              The gun is mounted on a wye-shaped trunnion; the lower end of the wye passes down into a socket in the axle.
              History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Sant...
              7
              During the evening two stocky little French girls came in and sang "Eet's a longa, longa wye to Teeperaree" in English for the "seek Capitan."
              On the Fringe of the Great Fight
              8
              Israeli politics was utterly convulsed yesterday by the Wye River summit deal.
              The Irish Times
              9
              From the dove-cote Dorothy took the path down the Wye toward Rowsley.
              Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
              10
              And she remembered that farewell down by the banks of the Wye.
              The Prime Minister
              11
              Do you want to know why this river is called the Wye?
              Pomona's Travels / A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder...
              12
              Andrew Allen's house was one of 98 destroyed at Wye River.
              Radio NZ
              13
              The model was based on Britain's annual spring Hay-on-Wye literary festival, Clements said.
              Reuters
              14
              What matters is that you understand that Aphasia Wye is coming with you.
              Jarka Ruus
              15
              I am sending Aphasia Wye to make certain the job is done right.
              Jarka Ruus
              16
              It was a mere skirmish on the banks of the Wye.
              The Lord of Dynevor: A Tale of the Times of Edward the First
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              Translations for wye
              Wye through the time