"power surge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: power surges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} power surge (plural power surges)
  1. An unexpected, temporary, uncontrolled increase in current or voltage in an electrical circuit; a voltage spike.
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  2. An unexpected and uncontrolled increase in the output power of an engine or motor.
    Sense id: en-power_surge-en-noun-TmnjQ00o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: surtension [feminine] (French), Überspannung [feminine] (German), túlfeszültség (Hungarian), hiko auripo (Maori), överspänning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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