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Meaning of national grid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An electricity transmission network servicing a whole country.

Equivalents

Suomi valtakunnanverkko
Svenska stamnät

Examples

“[Rural solar plant⟳] schemes are of little help⟳ to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light⟳ to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look⟳ for specks of light⟳ in the villages.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

National Heroes Day national holiday national income national insurance national insurance number national interest

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