transmission line

noun

Electricity.

a system of conductors, as coaxial cable, a wave guide, or a pair of parallel wires, used to transmit signals.

transmission line

noun

a coaxial cable, waveguide, or other system of conductors that transfers electrical signals from one location to another Sometimes shortened toline

Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmission line¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Two basic technologies are used to interconnect parts of a grid or countries - a standard transmission line that carries alternating currents, and increasingly, high voltage direct current lines.

From

That equipment includes the transmission lines needed to connect industrial-scale solar farms to the grid.

From

The possibility that an idle, unconnected transmission line somehow reengerized on Jan. 7 is now “a leading hypothesis” for what started the destructive Eaton fire.

From

A separate union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 47, already represents construction linemen who install and maintain the overhead distribution and transmission lines.

From

The possibility that an idle, unconnected Southern California Edison transmission line somehow reengerized on Jan. 7 is “a leading hypothesis” for what started the destructive Eaton fire, Edison International Chief Executive Pedro Pizarro said Friday.

From

transmission density trans-Mississippi

Browse