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