Electricity

Electricity

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

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commercial (lighting)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A business area of a municipality where there are ordinarily many pedestrians during night hours. The definition applies to densely developed business area outside, as well as within, the central ...

compact stranding

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A stranding configuration with concentric strands in which each layer is passed through a compacting die to reduce the conductor diameter by approximately 10

competition transition charge (ctc)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A charge itemized on customer bills to recover costs associated with investor owned utility investments in generation-related assets and state-mandated contracts with nonutility generators that may ...

compliance voltage

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The specified maximum voltage that a transducer (or other device) current output must be able to supply while maintaining a specified accuracy.

compound

Electrical equipment; Electricity

An insulating or jacketing material made by mixing two or more ingredients

compressed

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A stranding configuration with concentric strands in which either all layers or the outer layer only is passed through a die to reduce the conductor diameter by 3

compression splice

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A compression connector used to join two conductors. There are different designs used for overhead and underground conductors. For overhead conductors, there are different designs for limited and ...