high-voltage
adjective
high-volt·age
ˈhī-ˈvōl-tij 
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When neurons fire, action potentials – brief, high-voltage spikes traveling outward from their cell bodies – set up local electrical activity in other neurons, causing current to flow within and outside them.
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Giridhar Kalamangalam, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Drones, equipped with AI and thermal imaging cameras, are used to inspect high-voltage lines and hard-to-reach electrical infrastructures.
—Neil Sahota, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Ranchers Donna and Joe Tisdale of Boulevard object to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors’ approval of the Boulder Brush Project that plans to build a high-voltage substation, a switchyard and an overhead transmission line along a 320-acre corridor on private land.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
The company revealed that the high-voltage battery may overheat.
—USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Nationwide, just 251 miles of high-voltage transmission lines were completed last year, a number that has been declining for a decade.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The line would have three times the capacity of existing high-voltage lines, including a controversial 345-kilovolt Cardinal-Hickory Creek line in southwestern Wisconsin.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
The cross-border project will use Sempra Infrastructure’s existing high-voltage transmission line that will interconnect the wind farm directly into the system of the California Independent System Operator, which manages the grid for about 80 percent of the Golden State.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
This suspension takes advantage of the onboard high-voltage system in the plug-in hybrids to power four pumps, one per corner, which can almost immediately alter the suspension at every corner—on the fly.
—Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
Giridhar Kalamangalam, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Drones, equipped with AI and thermal imaging cameras, are used to inspect high-voltage lines and hard-to-reach electrical infrastructures.
—Neil Sahota, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Ranchers Donna and Joe Tisdale of Boulevard object to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors’ approval of the Boulder Brush Project that plans to build a high-voltage substation, a switchyard and an overhead transmission line along a 320-acre corridor on private land.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
The company revealed that the high-voltage battery may overheat.
—USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Nationwide, just 251 miles of high-voltage transmission lines were completed last year, a number that has been declining for a decade.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The line would have three times the capacity of existing high-voltage lines, including a controversial 345-kilovolt Cardinal-Hickory Creek line in southwestern Wisconsin.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
The cross-border project will use Sempra Infrastructure’s existing high-voltage transmission line that will interconnect the wind farm directly into the system of the California Independent System Operator, which manages the grid for about 80 percent of the Golden State.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
This suspension takes advantage of the onboard high-voltage system in the plug-in hybrids to power four pumps, one per corner, which can almost immediately alter the suspension at every corner—on the fly.
—Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
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“High-voltage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-voltage. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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