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  2. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).

  3. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  4. Glossary of power generation - Wikipedia

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    Typically, barring is achieved using turning gear, a small electric motor and gearbox connected to the generator shaft. Early in the history of power plants, barring was done by operators turning the shaft with a bar. This is still done if electric barring is not available, as the consequences of bowing a shaft are enormous. Turning gear Biomass

  5. Glossary of power electronics - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of power electronics is a list of definitions of terms and concepts related to power electronics in general and power electronic capacitors in particular. For more definitions in electric engineering, see Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering .

  6. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.

  7. Power station - Wikipedia

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    The power generated by a power station is measured in multiples of the watt, typically megawatts (10 6 watts) or gigawatts (10 9 watts). Power stations vary greatly in capacity depending on the type of power plant and on historical, geographical and economic factors. The following examples offer a sense of the scale.

  8. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    a large town, in particular a town created a city by charter and/or containing a cathedral. (Some cathedral cities, such as St Asaph, St David's and Wells, are mere villages.) "The City": the City of London, London's financial centre, hence financial markets and investment banking more generally (c.f. US Wall Street)

  9. Electric generator - Wikipedia

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    On its completion in 1891, it was the first truly modern power station, supplying high-voltage AC power that was then "stepped down" for consumer use on each street. This basic system remains in use today around the world. A small early 1900s 75 kVA direct-driven power station AC alternator, with a separate belt-driven exciter generator.