workstation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɝkˌsteɪʃən/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From work + station.
Meanings
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A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.
All train movements on the Far North Line have been controlled by a Radio Electronic Token Block workstation at Inverness since 1995, having already been introduced on the Kyle Line some 11 years earlier.
2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line: Radio Electronic Token Block”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:
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An area, at a workplace, for a single worker.
Near-synonym: workspace
Lamb ignored her, surveying her team instead, who were at their own or each other's workstations, and engrossed in their current tasks, and studying every move he made.
2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 299:Holonyms: workplace, workstead
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| workstations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
digital audio workstation · multiworkstation
Hypernyms
Synonyms
workspace · workstead (workplace)
Translations (53)
ka სამუშაო ადგილი (area for single worker) · fr poste de travail (area for single worker) · mi taupuni mahi (area for single worker) · it stazione di lavoro (powerful desktop computer) · de Workstation (powerful desktop computer) · el χώρος εργασίας (area for single worker) · fa-ira ایسْتْگاهِ کار (powerful desktop computer) · vi trạm làm việc (powerful desktop computer) · pt workstation (powerful desktop computer) · hu munkaállomás (powerful desktop computer) · ar مَحَطَّة عَمَل (powerful desktop computer) · az iş stansiyası (powerful desktop computer) · ga stáisiún oibre (powerful desktop computer) · pl stacja robocza (powerful desktop computer) · cmn 工作站 (powerful desktop computer) · ka სამუშაო სივრცე (area for single worker) · sh радна станица (powerful desktop computer) · eo kontoro (area for single worker) · el σταθμός εργασίας (powerful desktop computer) · be рабо́чая ста́нцыя (powerful desktop computer) · bg рабо́тна ста́нция (powerful desktop computer) · th สถานีงาน (powerful desktop computer) · sk pracovná stanica (powerful desktop computer) · da arbejdsstation (powerful desktop computer) · pt estação de trabalho (powerful desktop computer) · nb arbeidsstasjon (powerful desktop computer) · sh radna stanica (powerful desktop computer) · it postazione (area for single worker) · ru рабо́чее ме́сто (area for single worker) · it workstation (powerful desktop computer) · uk робо́ча ста́нція (powerful desktop computer) · yue 工作站 (powerful desktop computer) · mn уоркстейшн (powerful desktop computer) · ru рабо́чая ста́нция (powerful desktop computer) · is vinnustöð (powerful desktop computer) · fi työpiste (area for single worker) · ca estació de treball (powerful desktop computer) · et tööjaam (powerful desktop computer) · lt darbo stotis (powerful desktop computer) · tr workstation (powerful desktop computer) · ko 워크스테이션 (powerful desktop computer) · ja ワークステーション (powerful desktop computer) · es estación de trabajo (powerful desktop computer) · el γραφείο (area for single worker) · sv arbetsstation (powerful desktop computer) · et töökoht (area for single worker) · fi työasema (powerful desktop computer) · nn arbeidsstasjon (powerful desktop computer) · cs pracovní stanice (powerful desktop computer) · de Arbeitsplatz (area for single worker) · ms stesen kerja (powerful desktop computer) · fr station de travail (powerful desktop computer) · nl werkstation (powerful desktop computer)