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Electricity
A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.
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Circuit voltage
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The greatest root-mean-square (effective) difference of potential between any two conductors of the circuit.
Circular-mil (cmil)
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The area of a circle with a diameter of one mil (1/1000 inch), used to describe the cross-sectional area of a conductor. One cmil equals approximately 0.0000008 square inches.
Clearing time
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The total time needed for a protective device such as a fuse or circuit breaker to clear a fault.
Client
Electrical equipment; Electricity
As part of a computer network, where a server is employed, this is the customer or non-server side. When you log onto a server, from another computer, the word "Client" refers to you, your computer ...
Climbers
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Hooks for climbing poles that are attached to a lineman's boots.
Closing impulse time
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The time during which a closing impulse is given to the circuit breaker.
Closing time
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Referring to a circuit breaker it is the necessary time for it to close, beginning with the time of energising of the closing circuit until contact is made in the CB.
