"power grid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: power grids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} power grid (plural power grids)
  1. The infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region. Related terms: national grid Translations (the infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region): электрасе́тка (eljektrasjétka) [feminine] (Belarusian), xarxa elèctrica [feminine] (Catalan), elektricitetsforsyningsnet [neuter] (Danish), elforsyningsnet [neuter] (Danish), elnet [neuter] (Danish), elektriciteitsnet [neuter] (Dutch), elektrivõrk (Estonian), vooluvõrk (Estonian), sähköverkko (Finnish), réseau électrique [masculine] (French), Stromnetz [neuter] (German), sieć elektroenergetyczna [feminine] (Polish), rede elétrica [feminine] (Portuguese), электросе́ть (elektrosétʹ) [feminine] (Russian), електромрежа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), elektromreža [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kraftnät [neuter] (Swedish), електромере́жа (elektromeréža) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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