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THERMAL POWER STATION

Specialty Definition: THERMAL POWER STATION

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Electrical Engineering

A power station in which the electrical energy is generated by conversion of thermal energy. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: THERMAL POWER STATION

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Economic History

Georgia

In early 2000, AES also purchased Units 9 and 10 of the Gardabani thermal power station that together generate about 35 percent of the sector's total capacity. (references)

Uzbekistan

There exist several projects directed by foreign contractors or equipment suppliers in the sector, such as the construction of the Syrdarya Thermal Power Station. (references)

Zimbabwe

With considerable hydroelectric power and plentiful coal deposits for thermal power station, Zimbabwe is less dependent on oil as an energy source than most other comparably industrialized countries. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: THERMAL POWER STATION

Language Translations for "THERMAL POWER STATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

termisk kraftvaerk (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station), varmekraftværk (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

thermische centrale (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station), stoomcentrale (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lämpövoimalaitos (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station). (various references)

   

French

  

usine thermique (thermal generating station), centrale thermoélectrique (thermal generating station), centrale thermique (thermal generating station), centrale électrique thermique (thermal generating station). (various references)

   

German

  

thermisches Kraftwerk (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station), Wärmekraftwerk (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station), Dampfkraftwerk (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θερμική εγκατάσταση παραγωγής ενέργειας (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hőerőmű. (various references)

   

Italian

  

impianto termoelettrico (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station), centrale termoelettrica (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station), centrale termica (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

火力発電所 (thermal power station i.e. using combustion). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かりょくはつで"しょ (thermal power station i.e. using combustion). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ermalthay owerpay ationstay

   

Portuguese

  

central termoeléctrica (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station), central termica (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station), central térmica (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

central termoeléctrica (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station), central térmica (steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

värmekraftstation (generating unit, steam generating station, steam power-plant, thermal generating station). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: THERMAL POWER STATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-i-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-t-w"

-4 letters: anthropometries.

-5 letters: teleportations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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