Meanings
plural power grids
- The infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region.
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.
2022 December 7, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jan 20231 more example
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.
2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans kragnetwerk
- kragnetwerkthe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Catalan xarxa elèctrica
- xarxa elèctricathe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Danish elektricitetsforsyningsnet, elforsyningsnet
- elektricitetsforsyningsnetthe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
- elforsyningsnetthe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
- elnetthe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Dutch elektriciteitsnet
- elektriciteitsnetthe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Estonian elektrivõrk, vooluvõrk
- elektrivõrkthe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
- vooluvõrkthe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Finnish sähköverkko
- sähköverkkothe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
French réseau électrique
- réseau électriquethe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
German Stromnetz
- Stromnetzthe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Polish sieć elektroenergetyczna
- sieć elektroenergetycznathe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Portuguese rede elétrica
- rede elétricathe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Russian электросе́ть
- электросе́ть (elektrosétʹ)the infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Spanish red eléctrica
- red eléctricathe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Swahili gridi ya umeme
- gridi ya umemethe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Swedish kraftnät
- kraftnätthe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Ukrainian електромере́жа
- електромере́жа (elektromeréža)the infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region
Cite this entry
power grid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20grid
“power grid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20grid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “power grid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20grid.
Source: power grid on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.