power station

Definition of power station

: power plant sense 1

Examples of power station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Housed in a former East Berlin power station, Berghain may be the world’s most hallowed techno club. — National Geographic, "What did travel have to do with the fall of the Berlin Wall?," 9 Nov. 2019 To do that, the U.S. military wanted to rebuild an aging hydroelectric power station at the Kajaki Dam, about 100 miles north of Kandahar. — Craig Whitlock, Anchorage Daily News, "Officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan failed," 9 Dec. 2019 Absorbing a neutron causes an atom of 235U to split in two (the same process lies at the heart of nuclear power stations and uranium atom bombs). — The Economist, "New ways to make molybdenum-99," 23 Nov. 2019 Indeed, determined to catch up with Edison, Westinghouse frequently offered to build new power stations below cost. — National Geographic, "Edison and Tesla's cutthroat 'Current War' ushered in the electric age," 27 Sep. 2019 The passenger cars would have conveniences such as automatic on-board payment validation to supplement the platform ticket machines, more power stations for passengers, luggage racks and vinyl seats. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "NCTD pushes to preserve funding for more Coaster locomotives," 23 Sep. 2019 Pieces of equipment weighing hundreds of tons — hulking sections of electric power stations and oil-processing units — arrive daily from factories in Italy, South Korea and Turkey. — Stanley Reed, New York Times, "A Windswept Plain, a Sea of Oil and a Mountain of Money," 30 Aug. 2019 In a security video, the thieves can be seen entering the museum at 4:58 a.m. local time, shortly after a power outage—believed to be caused by arson at a power station, per Today—provided them with cover. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, ""Priceless" 18th Century Jewels Stolen from Dresden's Green Vault Museum," 26 Nov. 2019 Hundreds of central power stations were cropping up across America, each using different combinations of circuits and equipment. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "The “original disruptors” go head to head in The Current War: Director’s Cut," 25 Oct. 2019

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11 Jan 2020

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“Power station.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20station. Accessed 19 January 2020.

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