powerplant

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A form of power plant — A station built for the production of electric power.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounpowerplant (plural powerplants)

plural powerplants

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of power plant.
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    By using the struggle between the two lines as the key link in carrying out the party's general line of "go all out, aim high, and achieve greater, faster, better and more economical results in developing socialism" and by fully mobilizing the masses to fight a large-scale people's war, the party committee of the command of the newly built Peishan powerplant in Chinhuangtao, Hopei Province, has taken only 8 months and 12 days to complete the construction of its first generating unit, which began to generate power in March this year, thus saving the state some 1.05 million yuan in investment funds.

    1972 June 16 [1972 June 14], “Persist in the Correct Line, Develop the Power Industry”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 118, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: North Region, page F 1
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