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An electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of electricity either from a power source such as a generating station to a substation, or from a substation to a building such as a plant, commercial building or a home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
cable used to distribute electricity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: power cable
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cable, line, transmission line
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خَطّ اَلْكَهْرَبَاء
(ḵaṭṭ al-kahrabāʔ)
— electrical wire
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Arabic:
خَطّ اَلطَّاقَة
(ḵaṭṭ aṭ-ṭāqa)
— electrical wire
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Bulgarian:
електропрово́д
(elektroprovód)
— electrical wire
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Chinese Mandarin:
電力線 /电力线
(diànlìxiàn)
— electrical wire
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Chinese Mandarin:
輸電線 /输电线
(shūdiànxiàn)
— electrical wire
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Czech:
elektrické vedení
— electrical wire
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Czech:
vedení
— electrical wire
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Czech:
drát elektrického napětí
— electrical wire
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Dutch:
hoogspanningslijn
— electrical wire
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Faroese:
elkaðal
— electrical wire
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Finnish:
voimajohto
— electrical wire
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Finnish:
sähkölinja
— electrical wire
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French:
ligne à haute tension
— electrical wire
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French:
ligne haute tension
— electrical wire
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French:
ligne électrique
— electrical wire
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German:
Stromleitung
— electrical wire
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Japanese:
送電線
(sōdensen)
— electrical wire
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Japanese:
電線
(densen)
— electrical wire
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Māori:
waea hiko
— electrical wire
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Navajo:
béésh łichíiʼii bąąh danítʼiʼí
— electrical wire
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Norwegian Bokmål:
strømledning
— electrical wire
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Polish:
linia wysokiego napięcia
— electrical wire
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Romanian:
linie energetică
— electrical wire
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Romanian:
linie electrică
— electrical wire
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Russian:
ли́ния электропереда́чи
(línija elektroperedáči)
— electrical wire
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Russian:
ли́ния высо́кого напряже́ния
(línija vysókovo naprjažénija)
— electrical wire
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Spanish:
línea eléctrica
— electrical wire
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Ukrainian:
лі́нія електропереда́чі
(línija elektroperedáči)
— electrical wire
