Meaning of contact wire | Babel Free
Definitions
A bare wire conducting electricity, often the lower part of the catenary, which comes into contact with a raised pantograph or other form of current collector.
Equivalents
Suomi
ajolanka
Examples
“Overhead electric equipment generally stood up well both to the weight of vertically falling snow⟳ and to the effects of snow⟳ on contact⟳ wires; [...].”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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