Meanings
nounpower supply (plural power supplies)
plural power supplies
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see power, supply.
The utility will invest in power plants and transmission lines to ensure a stable power supply.
1 more example
The track-sectioning cabins house not only switchgear for the traction current, but also transformers to provide power supplies to the signalling equipment.
1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 722 - That part of a piece of electronic apparatus that provides appropriate voltages for the rest of the electronics from the connected AC source.
Translations
Arabic وحدة تزويد الطاقة, تغذية طاقة
- وحدة تزويد الطاقةa source of power such as a generator
- تغذية طاقةpart of electronic apparatus
Basque elikatze-iturri
- elikatze-iturripart of electronic apparatus
Bengali শক্তি সরবরাহ
- শক্তি সরবরাহ (śokti śorboraho)part of electronic apparatus
Bulgarian захранване, захранване
- захранване (zahranvane)a source of power such as a generator
- захранване (zahranvane)part of electronic apparatus
Catalan font d'alimentació
- font d'alimentaciópart of electronic apparatus
Chinese Cantonese 電源 /电源
- 電源 /电源 (din⁶ jyun⁴)a source of power such as a generator
Chinese Mandarin 電源 /电源, 電源供應 /电源供应
- 電源 /电源 (diànyuán)a source of power such as a generator
- 電源供應 /电源供应 (diànyuán gōngyìng)part of electronic apparatus
Danish strømkilde, strømforsyning
- strømkildea source of power such as a generator
- strømforsyningpart of electronic apparatus
Dutch stroomtoevoer, voeding
- stroomtoevoera source of power such as a generator
- voedingpart of electronic apparatus
Estonian toiteplokk
- toiteplokkpart of electronic apparatus
Finnish teholähde, virtalähde
- teholähdepart of electronic apparatus
- virtalähdepart of electronic apparatus
French alimentation électrique, générateur
- alimentation électriquea source of power such as a generator
- générateura source of power such as a generator
- alimentation électriquepart of electronic apparatus
German Stromzufuhr, Netzteil
- Stromzufuhra source of power such as a generator
- Netzteilpart of electronic apparatus
Greek τροφοδοτικό
- τροφοδοτικό (trofodotikó)part of electronic apparatus
Hebrew סַפַּק כּוֹחַ
- סַפַּק כּוֹחַ (sapák kóakh)part of electronic apparatus
Hindi विद्युत प्रदायी
- विद्युत प्रदायी (vidyut pradāyī)part of electronic apparatus
Hungarian áramforrás, tápegység
- áramforrása source of power such as a generator
- tápegységpart of electronic apparatus
Indonesian pencatu daya
- pencatu dayapart of electronic apparatus
Italian generatore, alternatore
- generatorea source of power such as a generator
- alternatorea source of power such as a generator
- gruppo elettrogenoa source of power such as a generator
- pilaa source of power such as a generator
- batteriaa source of power such as a generator
- alimentazione elettricapart of electronic apparatus
Japanese 電源, 電源回路
- 電源 (dengen)a source of power such as a generator
- 電源回路 (dengen kairo)part of electronic apparatus
Korean 전원 공급 장치
- 전원 공급 장치 (jeonwon gonggeup jangchi)part of electronic apparatus
Malay bekalan kuasa
- bekalan kuasapart of electronic apparatus
Māori puna hiko, pūtake hiko
- puna hikoa source of power such as a generator
- pūtake hikoa source of power such as a generator
- punahikopart of electronic apparatus
Norwegian strømforsyning
- strømforsyningpart of electronic apparatus
Norwegian Bokmål strømkilde, strømkjelde
- strømkildea source of power such as a generator
- strømkjeldea source of power such as a generator
- strømtilførselpart of electronic apparatus
Persian منبع تغذیه
- منبع تغذیه (manba'-e taġziye)part of electronic apparatus
Polish generator, zasilacz
- generatora source of power such as a generator
- zasilaczpart of electronic apparatus
Portuguese fonte de alimentação
- fonte de alimentaçãopart of electronic apparatus
Romanian sursă de energie, sursă de putere
- sursă de energiepart of electronic apparatus
- sursă de puterepart of electronic apparatus
Russian исто́чник электропита́ния
- исто́чник электропита́ния (istóčnik elektropitánija)part of electronic apparatus
Slovak napájací zdroj
- napájací zdrojpart of electronic apparatus
Spanish fuente de alimentación
- fuente de alimentaciónpart of electronic apparatus
Swedish strömkälla, kraftaggregat
- strömkällaa source of power such as a generator
- kraftaggregatpart of electronic apparatus
- nätaggregatpart of electronic apparatus
- nätdelpart of electronic apparatus
Thai แหล่งจ่ายไฟ
- แหล่งจ่ายไฟ (lɛ̀ng-jàai-fai)part of electronic apparatus
Turkish güç kaynağı
- güç kaynağıpart of electronic apparatus
Ukrainian джерело живлення
- джерело живлення (džerelo žyvlennja)part of electronic apparatus
Urdu طاقت رسانہ
- طاقت رسانہ (tāqat rasānā)part of electronic apparatus
Vietnamese bộ nguồn
- bộ nguồnpart of electronic apparatus
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APA
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“power supply.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20supply. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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