POWER GRID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does power grid mean? 

• POWER GRID (noun)
  The noun POWER GRID has 1 sense:

1. a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region

  Familiarity information: POWER GRID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POWER GRID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

grid; power grid; power system

Hypernyms ("power grid" is a kind of...):

facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)

Meronyms (parts of "power grid"):

electric main (a main that distributes electricity)

power cable; power line (cable used to distribute electricity)

power plant; power station; powerhouse (an electrical generating station)

Holonyms ("power grid" is a part of...):

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)

 Context examples 

Using high-resolution 3D images and special light-activated probes, the scientists revealed a two-part system protecting the heart muscle’s power grid from disease-related damage.

(Researchers discover mitochondrial “circuit breaker” that protects heart from damage, NIH)

The process is vulnerable to power grid shutdowns.

(Researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater, National Science Foundation)

In 2015, members of this same NIH research team announced the discovery of the so-called mitochondrial power grid in the skeletal muscle.

(Researchers discover mitochondrial “circuit breaker” that protects heart from damage, NIH)

A team of scientists from the National Institutes of Health has discovered biological mechanisms that appear to prevent damage to the heart muscle’s power grid, the network of mitochondrial circuits that provide energy to cells.

(Researchers discover mitochondrial “circuit breaker” that protects heart from damage, NIH)

The researchers compared the newly discovered circuit breaker mechanism to lightning striking a city power grid: Lights may flicker over the whole city, but once the circuit breaker activates, only part of the city loses power.

(Researchers discover mitochondrial “circuit breaker” that protects heart from damage, NIH)