Westinghouse may refer to:

In current companies:

• Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1998), and its licensees:
  • Westinghouse Digital Electronics, selling LCD televisions and related products
  • Salton, Inc., selling vacuum cleaners under the name Westinghouse
  • Westinghouse Lighting Corporation, formerly Angelo Brothers Company, selling lamps, lamp fixtures, and ceiling fans
• Westinghouse Electric Company, Nuclear and Power Industry related businesses, sold to Toshiba in 2006
• Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd, formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd, part of Invensys

In prior companies:

• Westinghouse Air Brake Company, founding name of WABCO
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886), renamed CBS Corporation in 1997
• British Westinghouse, later subsumed into The General Electric Company
• Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group, sold to Northrop Grumman in 1996
• White-Westinghouse, acquired by Electrolux in 1986
• Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd

In places:

• Westinghouse Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

In competitions

• former Westinghouse Science Talent Search, now called Intel Science Talent Search - an American science competition for high school students

In science:

• Westinghouse effect, a variant of the social-scientific observer's paradox

People with the surname Westinghouse

• George Westinghouse, founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation

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