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uninterruptible power supply

Noun CEFR C1

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A device or system that almost instantaneously provides emergency power in the case that main power fails.

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Españolsistema de alimentación ininterrumpida

Françaisalimentation sans interruption alimentation statique sans coupure onduleur

Deutschunterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung

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Ελληνικάαδιάλειπτη παροχή ενέργειας σύστημα αδιάλειπτης τροφοδοσίας

Galegosistema de alimentación ininterrumpida

Bahasa Indonesiapasokan daya takterputus

Italianogruppo di continuità

Portuguêsfonte de alimentação ininterrupta no break no-breaknobreak ups

Examples

“Examples of emergency power supplies include ⟳ a storage battery or group of batteries, a generator driven by a fuel-supplied prime mover, or an uninterruptible power supply ⟳ (UPS) […].”

“This upgrade comes after the installation of a $50,000 uninterruptible power supply ⟳ system to compliment the facilities independent power supply ⟳.”

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