transmission line

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a system of conductors, as coaxial cable, a wave guide, or a pair of parallel wires, used to transmit signals.

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transmission line British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: line.  a coaxial cable, waveguide, or other system of conductors that transfers electrical signals from one location to another

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Etymology

Origin of transmission line

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Meta will fund seven new natural gas power plants totaling more than 5,200 megawatts, 240 miles of 500 kilovolt transmission lines and battery energy storage across three locations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Permitting delays and litigation hinder the buildout of transmission lines, pipelines, housing, factories, data centers and more.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Times earlier detailed how Edison fell behind in performing maintenance on its aging transmission lines — work that it had told state utility regulators was needed.

From Los Angeles Times

Utilities around the country are planning to spend tens of billions of dollars to build new high-voltage transmission lines to carry electricity from power plants over long distances.

From The Wall Street Journal

The group pointed to a recent Stanford University study that found most transmission lines carry between 18% to 52% of available capacity.

From MarketWatch