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  • noun Plural form of busbar.

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Examples

  • Huge coils of copper tubing surrounded the shiny projectile that was the space car, and great busbars connected these with the generators.

    "Thia of the Drylands" by Harl Vincent, part 2 Johnny Pez 2009

  • The consequences are expansion and aging effects on busbars, metal-clad cables, wire insulations etc. Short-time operation/intermittent operation

    4. Power transmission and distribution in power supply systems Frank Ponemunski 1991

  • Scribers are generally not permitted for marking busbars, the reason being that on bending points marked by scriber the material will start to crack and may break.

    4. Low-voltage switchgear and distribution systems Werner Boschitsch 1991

  • Mutual heating is taken into account in installation engineering by providing for adequate distances of busbars, stranded conductors, lines and cables between each other and between components and for air circulation.

    4. Power transmission and distribution in power supply systems Frank Ponemunski 1991

  • Thick silver busbars con­nected that to a plastic box with knobs and dials on top, and also to a foot-thick sphere of gray lead.

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

  • Soldered busbars joined director and integrator, and the thin palladium needle swung obediently as Sledge tested the knobs with his battered, quivering fingers.

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

  • Small machinings of precious white metal and lustrous plastic had been assembled, with neatly soldered busbars, into something which showed purpose and design.

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

  • When he had done that, the cooling equipment would get more power, and his lifesystem would be cool until relays or busbars burned out.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1969

  • When he had done that, the cooling equipment would get more power, an& his lifesystem would be cool until relays or busbars burned out.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1968

  • He came down a-sprawl in a maze of naked, high-potential busbars.

    Galactic Patrol Smith, E. E. 1950

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