power station

noun

, Electricity.

1. a generating station.

power station

noun

1. an electrical generating station

Word History and Origins

Origin of power station¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Always have extra rechargeable batteries on hand for long trips where you might be spending lots of time outdoors without access to a power station.

From Popular-Science

Beyond Denmark, the sea-based power station will supply electricity to several countries bordering the North Sea, likely including the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK.

From Singularity Hub 

These methods would enable us to construct the power stations in space.

From Singularity Hub 

A space-based solar power station could orbit to face the sun 24 hours a day.

From Singularity Hub 

Despite these drawbacks, portable power stations are useful tools for anyone who wants to stay connected in situations when their wall outlets aren’t available.

From Popular-Science

And so, in a lesser-known breakthrough, Edison went on to build the first electrical power station and system.

From The Daily Beast

The power station, the port, government buildings, and private homes have all fallen prey to Operation Protective Edge.

From The Daily Beast

Another one in Dark Knight is when Batman is standing in front of the fire in Battersea Power Station.

From The Daily Beast

Now nuclear power-station designs and safety systems are capable of withstanding much more serious accidents [than Chernobyl].

From The Daily Beast

The Power Station studio is hushed; there is a barely audible footfall, then Dylan strikes a single piano key.

From The Daily Beast

We had to press on thirty miles up a 'light railway' to a power-station, a settlement by a waterfall in the wild.

From Project Gutenberg

He had travelled all the way from Naples, Heaven knows how, to find his two sons, supposed to be working in the power-station.

From Project Gutenberg

Arrival at the great concrete building and the little shacks of the power-station shook us to our feet.

From Project Gutenberg

It may be compared to an electric power station, which distributes its current to every part of a town.

From Project Gutenberg

Deschamps said, coughing, as they left the power station behind them.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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