power grid
Definitions
The infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region.
Equivalents
11 more languages
Catalàxarxa elèctrica
Nederlandselektriciteitsnet
Portuguêsrede elétrica
Русскийэлектросеть
Kiswahiligridi ya umeme
Українськаелектромережа
Examples
“Russian missiles have⟳ damaged or destroyed much of Ukraine’s power grid since the start⟳ of October, a concerted effort to make⟳ the winter as painful as possible for the civilian population.”
“There have⟳ been several examples of space weather affecting power grids in the last⟳ few decades, notably blackouts caused by GICs [geomagnetically induced currents] in Canada in 1989 and Sweden in 2003.”
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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