transmission lines
Electricity's long highways
Transmission lines are cables or wires that carry electrical power or signals over distance.
In power systems, high-voltage transmission lines move electricity from generating stations to substations, typically strung between tall metal towers across the landscape.
In electronics and telecommunications, transmission lines carry radio frequencies, television signals, or data, where their physical properties affect signal quality.
The storm knocked down transmission lines across the county.
Linked transmission system
- pylonsStructural support towers
- towersTall vertical structures
- overhead linesSuspended electrical conductors
- conductorsThose who direct ensembles
insulators · substations · transformers · voltage drop · kilovolts · cables · energy transfer · current flow
Framework of intersecting lines
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- networkInterconnected system
- interconnectionMutual joining of parts
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
supply · corridor · easement · maintenance · capacity · reliability · redundancy · load balancing
power grid
Linked transmission system
- pylonsStructural support towers
- towersTall vertical structures
- overhead linesSuspended electrical conductors
conductors · insulators · substations · transformers · voltage drop · kilovolts · cables · energy transfer · current flow · power distribution
grid
Framework of intersecting lines
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- networkInterconnected system
- interconnectionMutual joining of parts
utility · supply · corridor · easement · maintenance · capacity · reliability · redundancy · load balancing · feeder lines
signal
Message-conveying cue
- fiber-opticLight-carrying cable technology
- coaxialSharing a central axis
- waveguideStructure directing energy propagation
microwave · antenna · bandwidth · frequency · data · impedance · attenuation · repeater · amplifier · twisted pair
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- conductorscopper wire, gold wire, silver wire, aluminum, platinum
- energy sourcesoil, gas, coal, solar, wind
- energy systemspower plant, electricity, power grid, generators, solar power
- power systemsgenerators, turbines, power plants, power stations, electricity
transmission linespower plants
Facilities producing electricity
turbines · generators · energy sources · end users · substations
transmit, transmission, intermission, transmitted, transmitter, transmissions, transmitters, transmittal, retransmit