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- noun attributive of
direct current
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Examples
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Dr. KEMPTON: Oh, this is a high-voltage, direct-current transmission line, and that's, in some sense, a more advanced form of technology.
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The Enphase Microinverter System, which converts the direct-current output of solar panels to the alternating current used in homes and businesses.
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Dr. KEMPTON: Oh, this is a high-voltage, direct-current transmission line, and that's, in some sense, a more advanced form of technology.
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Dr. KEMPTON: Oh, this is a high-voltage, direct-current transmission line, and that's, in some sense, a more advanced form of technology.
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: The Enphase Microinverter System, which converts the direct-current output of solar panels to the alternating current used in homes and businesses.
The Winners, Category by Category Michael Totty 2010
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Dr. KEMPTON: Oh, this is a high-voltage, direct-current transmission line, and that's, in some sense, a more advanced form of technology.
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As Mark indicated, the DC, direct-current, high-voltage chargers really are not residential.
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As Mark indicated, the DC, direct-current, high-voltage chargers really are not residential.
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In May, France concerned that German corporate interests might dominate the initiative announced its own project, called Transgreen, to build a network of high-voltage, direct-current cables that would be necessary to carry electricity generated in Africa to Europe.
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Some may raise a specter of doubt, though, since part of the electric and magnetic fields in hybrid cars come from an alternating-current motor rather than the presumably less threatening direct-current used in conventional cars.
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