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  2. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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    The devices are named using the format NEMA n-mmX, where n is an identifier for the configuration of pins and blades, mm is the maximum current rating, and X is either P for plug or R for receptacle. For example, NEMA 5-15R is a configuration type 5 receptacle supporting 15 A. Corresponding P and R versions are designed to be mated.

  3. Electrical conduit - Wikipedia

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    In India, this trunking is available with self-fixing tape to ease installation. [14] In some countries including Iran, the term 'Trunking' is a channel that allows installation of switches and sockets. In North American practice, wire trough and lay-in wireways are terms used to designate similar products.

  4. Adapter - Wikipedia

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    An adapter or adaptor [1] is a device that converts attributes of one electrical device or system to those of an otherwise incompatible device or system. Some modify power or signal attributes, while others merely adapt the physical form of one connector to another.

  5. 3M - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, 3M created the Renewable Energy Division within 3M's Industrial and Transportation Business to focus on Energy Generation and Energy Management. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] In late 2010, the state of Minnesota sued 3M for $5 billion in punitive damages, claiming they released PFCs —classified a toxic chemical by the EPA—into local waterways. [ 89 ]

  6. Banana connector - Wikipedia

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    Adapter between a female BNC connector and a pair of banana plugs. A number of widely used plugs are based on combining two or more banana plugs in a common plastic housing and other features for ease of use and to prevent accidental insertion in other such plugs.

  7. Polarity symbols - Wikipedia

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    The adapter typically supplies power to the device through a thin electrical cord which terminates in a coaxial power connector often referred to as a "barrel plug" (so-named because of its cylindrical shape). The polarity of the adapter cord and plug must match the polarity of the device, meaning that the positive contact of the plug must mate ...

  8. Adapter (genetics) - Wikipedia

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    An adapter or adaptor in genetic engineering is a short, chemically synthesized, double-stranded oligonucleotide that can be ligated to the ends of other DNA or RNA molecules. Double stranded adapters are different from linkers in that they contain one blunt end and one sticky end.

  9. Traffolyte - Wikipedia

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    Section of the NS Savannah reactor control panel with engraved phenolic plastic labels. Traffolyte, sometimes spelled Traffolite, was a brand name for multi-layered phenolic plastic sheets suitable for engraving.