"peaker plant" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: peaker plants [plural]
Etymology: From peak + plant. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|peak|plant}} peak + plant Head templates: {{en-noun}} peaker plant (plural peaker plants)
  1. An electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity. Synonyms: peaker[Appendix:Glossary Hypernyms: power plant, power station, plant, station, facility Related terms: hydropeaking
    Sense id: en-peaker_plant-en-noun-en:subset_of_Q159719 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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