"uninterruptible power supply" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-uninterruptible power supply.oga Forms: uninterruptible power supplies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} uninterruptible power supply (plural uninterruptible power supplies)
  1. (electrical engineering) A device or system that almost instantaneously provides emergency power in the case that main power fails. Wikipedia link: uninterruptible power supply Categories (topical): Electrical engineering Synonyms: uninterruptible power source, UPS Translations (Translations): nødstrømsanlæg (Danish), onduleur [masculine] (French), alimentation sans interruption [feminine] (French), alimentation statique sans coupure [feminine] (French), sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida [masculine] (Galician), unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung [feminine] (German), σύστημα αδιάλειπτης τροφοδοσίας (sýstima adiáleiptis trofodosías) [neuter] (Greek), αδιάλειπτη παροχή ενέργειας (adiáleipti parochí enérgeias) [feminine] (Greek), pasokan daya takterputus (Indonesian), catu daya tak terputus (Indonesian), suplai power tanpa sela (Indonesian), gruppo di continuità [masculine] (Italian), bekalan kuasa tanpa gangguan (Malay), zasilacz awaryjny [masculine] (Polish), zasilacz bezprzerwowy [masculine] (Polish), fonte de alimentação ininterrupta [feminine] (Portuguese), UPS [Portugal, feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), no-break [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), nobreak [masculine] (Portuguese), no break (Portuguese), sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida [masculine] (Spanish)

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