Meanings
adjectivethree-phase (not comparable)
- not comparablebusinessUsing three separate alternating currents of the same voltage at different phases.
By the end of the year all new electrification projects were virtually complete and conversion of the remaining three-phase 3,700V a.c. sections to 3,000V d.c. was well in hand.
1963 January, “Beyond the Channel: Italy”, in Modern Railways, page 62
Translations
Bulgarian трифазен
- трифазен (trifazen)using three separate alternating currents
Finnish kolmivaiheinen
- kolmivaiheinenusing three separate alternating currents
French triphasé
- triphaséusing three separate alternating currents
German dreiphasig, Dreiphasen-
- dreiphasigusing three separate alternating currents
- Dreiphasen-using three separate alternating currents
Greek τριφασικός
- τριφασικός (trifasikós)using three separate alternating currents
Norwegian Bokmål trefase
- trefaseusing three separate alternating currents
Romanian trifazat
- trifazatusing three separate alternating currents
Russian трёхфа́зный
- трёхфа́зный (trjoxfáznyj)using three separate alternating currents
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Chicago
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