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Meanings of electric power line in English

Wires conducting electric power from one location to another.

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        Examples for "electric line"
        Examples for "electric line"
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        A near-by electric line for emergencies may sometimes save an appointment.
        The Complete Home
        2
        The Botanischer Garten station was on the suburban electric line.
        Fatherland
        3
        It is served by the Southern railway, and by an electric line connecting with Augusta.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        4
        At Evanston, a few miles north of the city, they changed to the suburban electric line.
        The Sheridan Road Mystery
        5
        Alameda is served by the Southern Pacific railway, and is connected by an electric line with Oakland and Berkeley.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        1
        The Transmission division holds electric power transmission concessions in Brazil and Chile.
        Reuters
        2
        The electric power transmission and distribution systems were badly wrecked.
        The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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        Aluminium is now coming into extended use in the construction of long-distance electric power transmission lines.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era / A Supplementa...
        4
        Its electric power transmission business consists of transporting power from the facilities where it is generated to points of consumption, distribution networks and Free Consumers.
        Reuters
        5
        A group of wind turbines generate electricity behind an electric power transmission line near Palm Springs, California, April 5, 2001.
        Reuters
        1
        His expression was a few volts shy of a stripped power line.
        Mission road
        2
        She unreeled the power line and plugged it into a wall outlet.
        Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?
        3
        And I don't think they would throw themselves on a power line.
        Firewall
        4
        You might look at an overhead power line and see an engineering problem.
        Wired
        5
        It is thought he may not have seen the power line.
        BBC
        Usage of electric power line in English
        1
        He stepped gingerly around a torn and sputtering electric power line, leaped across a small puddle that had tunnel beside a leaking water main.
        Phantoms
        2
        It said flood waters have destroyed hundreds of bridges, washed away railroads and snapped electric power lines.
        Reuters
        3
        The sun rises over electric power lines in Encinitas, California September 4, 2007.
        Reuters