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Meaning of "power cut" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POWER CUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POWER CUT

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Power cut is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POWER CUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

power cut

Power outage

A power outage is a short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area. There are many causes of power failures in an electricity network. Examples of these causes include faults at power stations, damage to electric transmission lines, substations or other parts of the distribution system, a short circuit, or the overloading of electricity mains. Power failures are particularly critical at sites where the environment and public safety are at risk. Institutions such as hospitals, sewage treatment plants, mines, and the like will usually have backup power sources such as standby generators, which will automatically start up when electrical power is lost. Other critical systems, such as telecommunication, are also required to have emergency power. The battery room of a telephone exchange usually has arrays of lead–acid batteries for backup and also a socket for connecting a generator during extended periods of outage.

Definition of power cut in the English dictionary

The definition of power cut in the dictionary is a temporary interruption or reduction in the supply of electrical power to a particular area Sometimes shortened to: cut.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POWER CUT

power amplifier
power base
power brand
power breakfast
power broker
power cable
power dive
power down
power dressing
power drill
power elite
power factor
power failure
power forward
power game
power hammer
power industry
power kite
power kiting
power line

WORDS THAT END LIKE POWER CUT

bastard cut
brilliant cut
buzz cut
crew cut
Dedekind cut
director´s cut
feather cut
jump cut
make the cut
miss the cut
navy cut
open cut
pay cut
price cut
razor cut
short cut
tax cut

Synonyms and antonyms of power cut in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «power cut» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POWER CUT

Find out the translation of power cut to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of power cut from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «power cut» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

停电
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apagón
570 millions of speakers

English

power cut
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिजली कटौती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إِنْقِطَاعُ التَّيارُ الكَهْرَبائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отключение электроэнергии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corte de eletricidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষমতা কাটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coupure d’électricité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemotongan kuasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stromausfall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

停電
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cut daya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mất điện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மின் வெட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वीज कट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

elektrik kesintisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

interruzione di corrente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przerwa w dostawie prądu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відключення електроенергії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pană de curent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διακοπή ρεύματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kragonderbreking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strömavbrott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

strømbrudd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of power cut

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POWER CUT»

The term «power cut» is regularly used and occupies the 84.103 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POWER CUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «power cut» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «power cut» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about power cut

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POWER CUT»

Discover the use of power cut in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to power cut and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Power Cut!
Story based on about children's play through make animal shadows in candle light when the power goes off.
‎2010
2
The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years
Finally, the song closes with a harmonic cliche ́ involving a German augmented- sixth chord, F7 (E♭ respelled as D♯), moving to a dominant harmony, E7, followed by the tonic on A. McCartney wrote ''Power Cut,'' the final song of '' Medley,'' ...
Vincent Perez Benitez, 2010
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Electric Power Distribution
With the restoration of normal supply from the grid sub-station (when the power cut switch NO contacts are closed and NC contacts are opened), the controlling solenoid of this LT switch gets energised from the LV side. It closes the contacts of ...
A. S. Pabla, 2004
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The Mental Models Theory of Reasoning: Refinements and ...
Consider the following problem: Either there was a power cut or else the switch wasn't down. In fact, the switch was down. What follows? The first premise, which is an exclusive disjunction, is consistent with two possibilities: power cut “down ...
Walter Schaeken, Andre Vandierendonck, Gery d'Ydewalle, 2013
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Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia Applications: Second ...
Redu Lengt 1 {CB2, CB4, Power cut zone) 3 2 {CB2, CB3, CB4) 3 3 {CB2, CB3, Am) 3 4 {CB2, CB3, Power cut zone) 3 5 {CB2, CB4, Am) 3 6 {CB3, CB4, Am) 3 7 {CB1, CB2, CB4) 3 8 {CB1, CB2, CB3) 3 9 {CB1, CB2, TBm, TBp) 4 10 {CB2, ...
Tai-hoon Kim, Hojjat Adeli, Rosslin John Robles, 2011
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Electronics Projects Vol 23:
This unregulated DC voltage is inverted by op-amp C. The output of op-amp C will be high when there is a power cut, and it will be low when AC mains supply is available. This resets the low-battery protection circuit through diode D6 and ...
EFY Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., 2014
7
Energy in Minerals and Metallurgical Industries
Effect of Power Cut on Productivity When there is not enough power then load shedding often becomes unavoidable. Unfortunately, the real impact of load shedding is often not understood correctly. As mentioned earlier, not only does it  ...
‎2005
8
A Novel Dynamic Power Cutoff Technology (DPCT) for Active ...
2.4.2.4 Leakage Reduction by Power Cut-Off Instead of using lowV DD for active mode and high VDD for standby mode, the power supply can be cut-off during the standby state and resumed during the active mode. This is called power cut- off ...
Baozhen Yu, 2007
9
A Half Life Of One
"It's not a power cut," she said softly. Nick looked puzzled. "What? It must be." He tried the two different light switches in the hall and the kitchen and nothing happened. Of course it was a power cut, it certainly wasn't a fuse, the lights were on ...
Bill Liversidge
10
Reason 6 Power:: Power Cuts
When a radio station wanted to feature a song that was buzzworthy or heavily promoted, it would be called a “power cut,” since it was the one track, or “cut” off of a larger release that had been singled out as a teaser or single. We've done the ...
Michael Prager, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POWER CUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term power cut is used in the context of the following news items.
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More than 1000 houses in Halstead affected by power cut
Houses in Head Street, High Street, Sudbury Road, Colne Road, Hawthorn Close, Beech Avenue, Maple Close, Winston Way and others were affected at about ... «Essex County Standard, Jul 15»
2
Rain leads to power cut in many areas of Indore
Residents of most parts of the city faced power cut. "Areas such as Chikitsak Nagar, Veena Nagar, Mansarover Nagar, Shanti-Kunj faced power ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
Tillingham Flower Show a "great success" despite power cut and …
Friday night's music on the green was halted after the Dengie experienced a power cut from 9.30pm. That night strong winds also damaged the ... «Clacton and Frinton Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Power cut in parts of Plymouth after serious car crash saw substation …
SOME parts of Plymouth experienced a power cut after a man had to be cut out of a car with live wires nearby. Power was cut off for some parts ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
5
Ainsdale homes and businesses affected by power cut
Homes and businesses in Ainsdale were without electricity following a power cut that hit the area at around 6.15pm. At its height the power cut ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
6
School children burning books at end of term cause 135k homes to …
Grass fire on Hacton Lane #Upminster has caused local power cut. We're tackling the blaze © @taylorhall11 pic.twitter.com/yA1Vk0b2ue. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Dawie Roodt used power cut to free himself
Pretoria - Chief economist Dawie Roodt used a power cut as an opportunity to free himself and lure armed robbers out of his house to protect ... «News24, Jul 15»
8
24-hour power cut at home
VULNERABLE residents were left without electricity for more than 24 hours after a major power cut at a Wigan nursing home. Residents at ... «Wigan Today, Jul 15»
9
Untreated tap water supplied to Stewartry households after power cut
Two tests were taken the day after the power cut but the report said neither the times they were taken nor the chlorine levels were recorded, ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
10
POWER CUT HITS RURAL SOUTH WIGHT
At around 16:30 over 175 postcode areas were affected by the power cut, although that number has now been reduced to 66. Engineers from Southern and ... «Island Echo, Jul 15»

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