power line

See also: powerline and power-line

English

Alternative forms

• powerline
• power-line

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.

Related terms

• power transmission line

Translations

electrical wire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電力線 (zh), 电力线 (zh) ‎(diànlìxiàn), 電源線 (zh), 电源线 (zh) ‎(diànyuánxiàn), 輸電線 (zh), 输电线 (zh) ‎(shūdiànxiàn)

• Finnish: voimajohto (fi), sähkölinja (fi)
• Navajo: béésh łichíiʼii bąąh danítʼiʼí

• Romanian: linie energetică
• Russian: ли́ния электропереда́чи (ru) f ‎(línija elektroperedáči), ли́ния высо́кого напряже́ния f ‎(línija vysókovo naprjažénija)
• Spanish: línea eléctrica f