"transmission line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transmission lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} transmission line (plural transmission lines)
  1. A set of wires used for long-distance electric power transmission; a power transmission line. Translations (set of wires): електропрово́д (elektroprovód) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 輸電線路 (Chinese Mandarin), 输电线路 (Chinese Mandarin), siirtolinja (Finnish), 送電線 (sōdensen) (alt: そうでんせん) (Japanese), цахилгаан дамжуулах агаарын шугам (caxilgaan damžuulax agaaryn šugam) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian)
    Sense id: en-transmission_line-en-noun-qndNAdeM Disambiguation of 'set of wires': 98 2
  2. A structure such as a waveguide or stripline constructed so as to pass electric signals with fidelity and little loss. Translations (structure to pass electric signals): siirtolinja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-transmission_line-en-noun-AiT8SPED Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'structure to pass electric signals': 10 90

Inflected forms

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