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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 363.

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION

Unit 7

Word list 7

amplitude n) narrowband (adj)

aim at (v) outcome (n)

bombardment (n) observatory (n)

benign (adj) obscure (adj)

be commonplace peninsula (n)

be disrupted particularly (adv)

be blamed for precise (adj)

bunch of signals punch (v)

culprit (n) plausible (adj)

corona (n) permeate (v)

come up with plentiful (adj)

chemical enrichment remnant (n)

craggy (adj) rocky planets

capability (n) roughly (adv)

charged particles shortage (n)

collaboration (n) severe (adj)

cosmic rays satellite (n)

deadly (adj) sow (v)

debris (n) shelter (v)

detect (v) swirl (v,n)

detectable (adj) soak up (v)

drilling rig spot (n, v)

drill (n,v) set up (v)

demise (n) sink (v)

distinctly (adv) shield (n,v)

distant planets spectacular (adj)

decipher (v) stellar (adj)

eventually (adv) shelter (v,n)

extinction (n) target (n, v)

extraterrestrial (adj) transmit (v)

frequency (n) toss up (v)

figure out (v) trigger (v, n)

forthcoming facilities undertake (v)

fluctuate (v) unleash (v)

funding (n) vanish (v)

funnel (v) verify (v)

graph (n) vast (adj)

galactic (adj) witness (v)

giant (adj) wipe out (v)

head start whirl (n,v)

hasten (v) yield (n,v)

interpret (v)

initiative (n)

inhabit (v)

in detail

impact (n)

initially (adv)

interior (n)

lethal (adj)

mischievous (adj)

Electric power transmission is the second process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. Electrical energy is generated by power plants and is then sold as a commodity to end consumers by retailers. The electric energy transmission and electricity distribution networks allow the delivery of the generated electricity to consumers. The rapid industrialization in the 20th century made electrical transmission lines and grids a critical part of the economic infrastructure in most industrialized nations.