instrument panel

noun

: a panel on which instruments are mounted
especially : dashboard sense 2

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In addition, the plane came with a door-latch indicator system, with four magnetic reed switches mounted within each door pillar configured to LED warning lamps on the instrument panel that would tell the pilot the pins were in the fully extended and locked position. Nathaniel Percy, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025 Compared with the instrument panel in many competing vehicles, the cluster is small, and its rudimentary green and white graphics look dated. Doug Newcomb, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025 There was a high risk of injury to the driver’s right leg and moderate risk to the left, and the steering column partially detached from the instrument panel in the driver-side test. Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024 As an example, the paper points to the structural beams inside the instrument panels on EVs built by some legacy automakers using specifications that were needed for cars with piston engines to eliminate vibrations from those engines. Ed Garsten, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for instrument panel 

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of instrument panel was in 1922

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“Instrument panel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/instrument%20panel. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.

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