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Utilities

Of or related to any publicy utility institution mandated with maintaining the infrastructure for a particular public service; such as the provision of water, gas and electricity.

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mobile transformer

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A transformer that often is mounted on a leak proof base and can be installed and operated in a semi-trailer, box truck or sea freight container.

modbus

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Proprietary communication protocol used on secondary networks between HMI, substation computers or Bay computers and protective relays.

modem

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Device utilized to convert computer data into sound that can be transmitted over phone lines. First used to send telegrams the modem received the name from the process of ...

momentary rating

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The rating of a device to withstand momentary, very high current, without incurring damage.

mortality curve

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A graphic representation of lamp burnout as a function of time.

motion resistant conductor

Electrical equipment; Electricity

ACSR with Motion Resistant Variable Profile.

beacon

Electrical equipment; Electricity

In wireless networking, a beacon is a packet sent by a connected device to inform other devices of its presence and readiness.

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