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

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of transmission line¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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He said he hoped no more refineries would close until the state hits more electrification milestones, including building more transmission lines, green-energy storage systems and charging stations for electric cars.

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In the article, state regulators criticized some of Edison’s wildfire mitigation efforts, including for falling behind in inspecting transmission lines in areas at high risk of fires.

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Pizarro has said the reenergization of an idle transmission line is now a leading theory of what sparked the deadly fire.

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Yet better transmission lines are needed to carry new energy sources in the windy and sunny eastern parts of the region to big cities west of the Cascade Mountain Range.

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The company says the reenergization of an idle transmission line is now a leading theory of what sparked the inferno.

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transmission density trans-Mississippi

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