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POWER STATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electrical generating station
Synonyms:
power plant; power station; powerhouse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("power station" is a kind of...):
station (a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose)
Meronyms (parts of "power station"):
bus; busbar (an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits)
turbogenerator (generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "power station"):
wind energy facility; wind farm; wind park (a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity)
Holonyms ("power station" is a part of...):
grid; power grid; power system (a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region)