busbar

/ (ˈbʌzˌbɑː) /

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noun

an electrical conductor, maintained at a specific voltage and capable of carrying a high current, usually used to make a common connection between several circuits in a system

a group of such electrical conductors at a low voltage, used for carrying data in binary form between the various parts of a computer or its peripherals

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Sometimes shortened to: bus

Words nearby busbar

burying ground, bury one's head in the sand, Bury St. Edmunds, bury the hatchet, bus, busbar, busboy, busby, Busch, busera, busgirl

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How to use busbar in a sentence

Everything's burned out or shorted or fused together; I saw one busbar eight inches across melted clean in two.
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