power grid

collocation in English

meaningsofpowerandgrid

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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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grid
noun[C]
uk
/ɡrɪd/us
/ɡrɪd/
a pattern or structure made from horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other to ...
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(Definition ofpowerandgridfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If this cannot be done, thepowergridcan be certified to be correct.
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Moreover, it is important to have a smartpowergridable to operate by obtaining energy from decentralised energy generators.
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In 1993 thepowergridconnections to the surrounding areas, which had been cut in 1951, were restored.
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The firm was known for work in the area ofpowergridsystems and defence electronics.
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When banks fail, the government declares martial law, thepowergridgoes down.
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Excessive voltage drops in thepowergridreduce switching speeds and noise margins of circuits, and inject noise which might lead to functional failures.
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The newspaper questioned if the company was investing enough in the domesticpowergrid, especially in rural areas.
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In 1913-14 the fort received electricity, fed from the localpowergrid.
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Some countries offer incentives in the form of, for example, feed-in tariffs for feeding electricity onto thepowergridto subsidize green energy production.
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Four of those are three-phase generators to supply thepowergrid.
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Another trend-setting technology is lithium-based electrochemical storage, which can be used in electric vehicles or as an option to control thepowergrid.
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Next, these devices are modeled as independent time-varying current sources for simulating thepowergridand the voltage drops at the transistors are measured.
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Power engineers may work on the design and maintenance of thepowergridas well as the power systems that connect to it.
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Various apparent barriers to competition, such as the bottlenecks created by thepowergridoperators, must be straightened out without delay.
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In addition, thepowergridsupplying the plant may have increased the available fault capacity due to the enlargement of its own system.
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It specialized in the manufacture ofpowergridtubes.
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For example, under certain conditions a largepowergridcan collapse after the failure of a single transformer.
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