power-line
Overhead current carrier
A power-line is a cable carrying electricity from generating stations to homes and businesses.
The term usually refers to the overhead wires strung between tall poles or towers: Birds perched on the power-line.
Power-lines form the visible grid of electrical distribution across landscapes.
Also spelled as two words or one: power line, powerline.
Electrical potential difference
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- currentDirected flow of charge
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- kilovoltThousand volts
megawatt · energized · alternating · direct · frequency · circuit · amperage · resistance
Sending of information
- pylonSupporting structure for wires
- towerTall slender edifice
- poleCylindrical shaft or extremity
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
wire · substation · transformer · grid · corridor · right-of-way · easement · span
voltage
Electrical potential difference
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- currentDirected flow of charge
- conductorOne who directs musicians
kilovolt · megawatt · energized · alternating · direct · frequency · circuit · amperage · resistance · capacitance
transmission
Sending of information
cable · wire · substation · transformer · grid · corridor · right-of-way · easement · span · crossarm
electrocution
Death from electrical current
contact · clearance · warning · shock · fire · vegetation · wildfire · flashover · fault · surge
bird
Feathered flying vertebrate
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- perchingResting while gripping
- electrocutionDeath from electrical current
raptor · nesting · marker · migration · osprey · woodpecker · squirrel
power, line, powers, powered, powering, powerful, powerfully, powerless, powerlessness