"power line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: power lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} power line (plural power lines)
  1. An electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of electricity either from a power source such as a generating station to a substation, or from a substation to a building such as a plant, commercial building or a home. Categories (topical): Electricity Synonyms: powerline, power-line Related terms: power transmission line Translations (electrical wire): خَطّ اَلْكَهْرَبَاء (ḵaṭṭ al-kahrabāʔ) (Arabic), خَطّ اَلطَّاقَة (ḵaṭṭ aṭ-ṭāqa) (Arabic), електропрово́д (elektroprovód) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 電力線 (Chinese Mandarin), 电力线 (diànlìxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 輸電線 (Chinese Mandarin), 输电线 (shūdiànxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), elektrické vedení [neuter] (Czech), vedení [neuter] (Czech), drát elektrického napětí [masculine] (Czech), hoogspanningslijn [feminine] (Dutch), elkaðal [masculine] (Faroese), voimajohto (Finnish), sähkölinja (Finnish), ligne à haute tension [feminine] (French), ligne haute tension [feminine] (French), ligne électrique [feminine] (French), Stromleitung [feminine] (German), 送電線 (sōdensen) (alt: そうでんせん) (Japanese), 電線 (densen) (alt: でんせん) (Japanese), waea hiko (Maori), béésh łichíiʼii bąąh danítʼiʼí (Navajo), strømledning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), linia wysokiego napięcia [feminine] (Polish), linie energetică (Romanian), linie electrică [feminine] (Romanian), ли́ния электропереда́чи (línija elektroperedáči) [feminine] (Russian), ли́ния высо́кого напряже́ния (línija vysókovo naprjažénija) [feminine] (Russian), línea eléctrica [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-power_line-en-noun-VbGF60t1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "word": "電力線"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hoogspanningslijn"
    },
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "word": "voimajohto"
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      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "word": "sähkölinja"
    },
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      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ligne à haute tension"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
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      "word": "ligne haute tension"
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    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ligne électrique"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stromleitung"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうでんせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōdensen",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "word": "送電線"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "densen",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "word": "電線"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "word": "waea hiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "word": "béésh łichíiʼii bąąh danítʼiʼí"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
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      ],
      "word": "strømledning"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "linia wysokiego napięcia"
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      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "word": "linie energetică"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "linie electrică"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "línija elektroperedáči",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ли́ния электропереда́чи"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ли́ния высо́кого напряже́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "electrical wire",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "línea eléctrica"
    }
  ],
  "word": "power line"
}

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