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Definition: High-voltage |
High-voltageAdjective1. Operating on or powered by a high voltage; "a high-voltage generator". 2. Vigorously energetic or forceful; "a high-octane sales manager"; "a high-octane marketing plan"; "high-powered executives"; "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "high-voltage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
Synonyms: High-voltageSynonyms: high-energy (adj), high-octane (adj), high-potential (adj), high-power (adj), high-powered (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: high tension (electrical engineering), high voltage (military & defense, transportation). |
Crosswords: High-voltage |
| English words defined with "high-voltage": cascade transformer, Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier ♦ electrostatic ♦ high-energy, high-octane, high-potential, high-power, high-powered ♦ ignition coil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "high-voltage": CABLE MAINTAINER, CONDUIT MECHANIC ♦ duct layer ♦ ELECTRICIAN, SUBSTATION, electrostatic cleaning process, ESTIMATOR AND DRAFTER ♦ high-tension line, high-tension separation ♦ ignition distributor ♦ Lightning Injuries ♦ NEON-TUBE PUMPER, NICKEL-PLANT OPERATOR, nixie-driver transistor, Non-ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation ♦ POWER-TRANSFORMER REPAIRER, Programmable Read-Only Memory ♦ roentgen equivalent man, roentgen-equivalent-man, routine check tests, RUBBER-GOODS TESTER ♦ safety-equipment tester, street-light repairer, STREET-LIGHT SERVICER ♦ transformer assembler, Transmission Lines. (references) |
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Economic History | Lithuania | The Lithuanian energy system is interconnected by 330kv high-voltage overhead lines and operates in parallel with the Latvian, Estonian, Russian and Belarussian power systems. (references) |
Slovak Rep | The high-voltage transmission system and dispatching center should form a joint stock company Slovenska Energeticka Prenosova Sustava, which will be fully owned by the government. (references) | |
Poland | The second component consists of a high-voltage transmission system operated by the Polish Power Grid Company (PPGC). The third component consists of an electrical distribution system consisting of 33 electric distribution utilities (some already grouped into larger companies). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "High-voltage" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "High-voltage" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "high-voltage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | high-voltage. (various references) | |
Dutch | voor de meting van dieptedoses is de afstand focus-huid op 1OO cm gesteld, hoewel volwassenen met hoge spanning werkende grootbeeldtelevisie gewoonlijk van grotere afstand zien (although adults usually watch high-voltage, for the depth dose measurements a target-skin distance of 1OO cm was chosen, large-screen sets from a greater distance), niet alleen de elektronenstraalbuis en hoogspannings-ώ gelijkrichter, maar ook de parallelstabilisator zijn onderdelen die rontgenstraling kunnen uitzenden (parts capable of emitting X-radiation include the shunt regulator as well as the cathode-ray tube and the high-voltage feed valve), de parallel-stabilisatieschakeling houdt de hoogspanning praktisch constant (the high-voltage shunt regulator circuit maintains a practically constant kilovoltage). (various references) | |
French | HAUT voltage. (various references) | |
German | Hochvoltage. (various references) | |
Greek | υψηλή τάση (high voltage). (various references) | |
Italian | voltaggio ad alta tensione. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 高電位 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "うで"い. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | igh-voltagehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | alta voltagem. (various references) | |
Spanish | voltaje de alta tensión. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-h-h-i-l-o-t-v" | |
-4 letters: eightvo, violate, voltage. | |
-5 letters: aiglet, alight, eighth, eolith, galiot, gelati, gelato, giglet, giglot, glaive, goalie, goglet, haggle, halite, health, height, higgle, hoagie, hogget, hogtie, latigo, legato, ligate, loathe, loggia, loggie, lovage, ogival, toggle, vagile, violet. | |
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