electrification
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5ADJ.
extended, rural, whole
VERB + ELECTRIFICATION
passed, power, requires, service
ELECTRIFICATION + NOUN
midland, scotland
PREP.
in
ADV.
finally
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noun
The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
The adaptation (of a home, farm, village, city, industry, railroad) for electric power.
The proposed Bedford-Leeds service requires the electrification of the Midland main line north of Market Harborough (it assumes that Kettering to Market Harborough is a done deal) and the Birmingham-Nottingham service requires electrification west of Nottingham.
Transport Scotland's Director of Rail Bill Reeve has raised the prospect of electrification in Scotland being extended to connect all of the nation's seven cities. With the Scottish Government due to publish its plans in the spring for achieving a zero net carbon railway by 2035, Reeve told RAIL that "the working assumption" is that it will include the erection of wires to Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness and Dundee.
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5The proposed Bedford-Leeds service requires the electrification of the Midland main line north of Market Harborough (it assumes that Kettering to Market Harborough is a done deal) and the Birmingham-N
WiktionaryTransport Scotland's Director of Rail Bill Reeve has raised the prospect of electrification in Scotland being extended to connect all of the nation's seven cities. With the Scottish Government due to
WiktionaryCommunism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.
Tatoeba · #3928878In 1936, Congress passed the Rural Electrification Act, which extended electricity into rural areas for the first time.
Tatoeba · #10354512Rural electrification was finally coming, even though for years nay-sayers had said it was economically infeasible.
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