high-tension Definition
high-tension (hī′ten′s̸hən)
adjective
having, carrying, or operating under a high voltage
high-tension Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- cable: Pylons or other high-tension cables may be close enough to produce a significant effect in the bedroom.
- power: For esthetic and practical reasons, high-tension overhead power lines, which transgressed the site, have been rerouted.
- line: From the power station it passes along high-tension overhead distribution lines at a potential of several hundred thousand volts.
- distribution: From the power station it passes along high-tension overhead distribution lines at a potential of several hundred thousand volts.
- ignition: Mine came with no high-tension ignition and no electric starter.
- pylon: Brothers to the Rescue planned to blow up a high-tension pylon near San Nicolás de Bari in Havana province.
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