generating plant

1. An installation that produces electric current (see also current ) for commercial sale. In the United States, most electricity is generated from fossil fuels ; some is generated by nuclear reactors .

Example Sentences

They haven't learned enough yet to want to get the light-generating plant installed in their midst.

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The entire big plant is lighted by its own electric generating plant.

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The Al-Tahoe Company owns its own electric generating plant and supplies all the cottages with electric light.

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It includes a dark room, printing lantern, and light-generating plant.

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Additional buildings and machinery, together with a new generating-plant, are now being installed.

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