transmission line

noun

, Electricity.

a system of conductors, as coaxial cable, a wave guide, or a pair of parallel wires, used to transmit signals.

transmission line

a coaxial cable, waveguide, or other system of conductors that transfers electrical signals from one location to another Sometimes shortened toline

First recorded in 1905–10

The rather thin justification offered is that some of the power the transmission line will carry will come from renewables.

Experts say it will take 10 years even to get started with a new transmission line.

Connect the antenna transmission line to both of these terminal screws.

Plans were formulated for a high-speed transmission line to a control unit on a selector channel at the computer center.

The iron pin and the drum were respectively connected so as to be in circuit with the transmission line and batteries.

A transformer is used in some cases to raise the voltage and compensate for the loss in a transmission line.

Another plan is to connect a regulator in each transmission line before it goes from the generating plant.

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