transmission line

American

noun

Electricity.

a system of conductors, as coaxial cable, a wave guide, or a pair of parallel wires, used to transmit signals.

transmission line British

noun

Sometimes shortened to: line. a coaxial cable, waveguide, or other system of conductors that transfers electrical signals from one location to another

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Etymology

Origin of transmission line

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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Americans are increasingly blaming data-center operators for their rising bills, because it’s expensive to build the power plants and transmission lines to serve them, and costs are often shared by everyone who uses the grid.

From Barron's

Pizarro has said that a leading theory of the fire’s cause is that a century-old transmission line in Eaton Canyon, which had not carried power for 50 years, somehow re-energized and sparked the fire.

From Los Angeles Times

The blaze ignited under Edison’s towering transmission lines that run down the mountainside in Eaton Canyon.

From Los Angeles Times

The research and consulting firm has sensors that monitor the electromagnetic fields around transmission lines at sites across the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

But those outages were related to the distribution system—the electric wires in people’s neighborhoods, not the power plants and large transmission lines that make up the larger grid.

From Barron's

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