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Electricity

A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.

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Electricity

Alley arm

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A side brace for a cross arm that is not loaded (balanced) evenly.

Alley roadway (lighting)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Narrow public ways within a block, generally used for vehicular access to the rear of abutting properties.

Alligator

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A specialised tool attached to a hot stick used to tie a wire or cable into an insulator.

Alloy

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A metal formed by the combination of two or more metals.

Alternating current

Electrical equipment; Electricity

An electric current that reverses direction at regular intervals, having a magnitude that varies continuously in a sinusoidal manner.

American wire gauge (AWG)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A standard system used in the United States for designating the size of an electrical conductor based on a geometric progression between two conductor sizes.

Amorphous semiconductor

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A non-crystalline semiconductor material used in photovoltaic panel construction. It is easier and less costly to manufacture than crystalline, but is less efficient and degrades over time. It is ...

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