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Electricity
A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.
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Technical Committee 57 (TC57)
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Technical Committee 57 working for the IEC and responsible for producing standards in the field of protection (e.g. IEC 61850)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. TCP/IP is the method by which data is sent across the internet. These two protocols were developed by the U.S. military to allow computers to talk to ...
Temper
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The softness of a metal; terms such as soft-drawn, dead soft, annealed, and semi-annealed are used to describe tempers used for conductor metals.
Temperature rise
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The increase in temperature that results when electrical load is carried by electrical equipment.
Tensile strength
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The greatest longitudinal force that a substance can bear without tearing apart or rupturing; also called ultimate tensile strength.
Tension
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The force in pounds of kilogrammes on a conductor installed overhead. Too much tension on an overhead line can contribute to mechanical failure.
Terminator
Electrical equipment; Electricity
A device used to transition between overhead and underground, medium and high voltage conductors.