pantograph

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As the pantograph makes and breaks contact with the line, he says, it produces sparks and electromagnetic bursts that can “drown the entire spectrum of faint radio signals the telescope is devoted to study.”

From Science Magazine • Mar. 7, 2023

Inside the cab, the transition was barely perceptible as Mr. Schmieder deployed the pantograph that connects to the overhead cables, a so-called catenary system.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021

Light-rail trains are powered by a device called a pantograph, sometimes shaped like a metal arm, a diamond or a triangle.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2019

The incident just before 11 a.m. resulted from failure of a pantograph, an apparatus that extends upward from the roof, drawing power from the overhead wire into the train.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2017

The pantograph was tracing Weaver's eyelids, and then the unfeeling eyes themselves.

From The Worshippers by Emshwiller, Ed