Meanings
nounpower line (plural power lines)
plural power lines · alternative powerline · alternative power-line
- An electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of electricity either from a power source such as a generating station to a substation, or from a substation to a building such as a plant, commercial building or a home.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic خَطّ اَلْكَهْرَبَاء, خَطّ اَلطَّاقَة
- خَطّ اَلْكَهْرَبَاء (ḵaṭṭ al-kahrabāʔ)electrical wire
- خَطّ اَلطَّاقَة (ḵaṭṭ aṭ-ṭāqa)electrical wire
Bulgarian далекопровод
- далекопровод (dalekoprovod)electrical wire
Chinese Mandarin 電力線 /电力线, 輸電線 /输电线
- 電力線 /电力线 (diànlìxiàn)electrical wire
- 輸電線 /输电线 (shūdiànxiàn)electrical wire
Czech elektrické vedení, vedení
- elektrické vedeníelectrical wire
- vedeníelectrical wire
- drát elektrického napětíelectrical wire
Dutch hoogspanningslijn
- hoogspanningslijnelectrical wire
Finnish voimajohto, sähkölinja
- voimajohtoelectrical wire
- sähkölinjaelectrical wire
French ligne à haute tension, ligne haute tension
- ligne à haute tensionelectrical wire
- ligne haute tensionelectrical wire
- ligne électriqueelectrical wire
German Stromleitung
- Stromleitungelectrical wire
Japanese 送電線, 電線
- 送電線 (sōdensen)electrical wire
- 電線 (densen)electrical wire
Māori waea hiko
- waea hikoelectrical wire
Norwegian Bokmål strømledning
- strømledningelectrical wire
Polish linia wysokiego napięcia
- linia wysokiego napięciaelectrical wire
Romanian linie energetică, linie electrică
- linie energeticăelectrical wire
- linie electricăelectrical wire
Russian ли́ния электропереда́чи, ли́ния высо́кого напряже́ния
- ли́ния электропереда́чи (línija elektroperedáči)electrical wire
- ли́ния высо́кого напряже́ния (línija vysókovo naprjažénija)electrical wire
Spanish línea eléctrica
- línea eléctricaelectrical wire
Ukrainian лі́нія електропереда́чі
- лі́нія електропереда́чі (línija elektroperedáči)electrical wire
Cite this entry
APA
power line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20line
MLA
“power line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20line. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “power line,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20line.
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