Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or at low potential or voltage.
- adjective Operating at low voltage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Elecricity) subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage. Contrasted with
high-tension .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage
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Examples
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Are you a fan of any particular writing exercises to work through low-tension scenes?
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These winds play havoc with phone, electrical and cable lines strung along low-tension poles.
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This causes a decrease in surface tension localized to one region of the machine, which is in turn propelled forward away from the low-tension part of the surface.
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These winds play havoc with phone, electrical and cable lines strung along low-tension poles.
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Electrical products suitable for small producers are low-tension insulators and fuse holders.
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Energy produced is usually supplied to relatively few consumers nearby, mostly with a low-tension distribution network only.
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With such short distances, a low-tension line is sufficient.
1. BASIC APPROACH a) Cost-Benefit-Approach for Socio-Economic Selection 1985
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Since the local low-tension distribution network must be provided anyway, the cost of local distribution would remain the same whether the electricity-supply comes from the local powerstation, or from grid extension fed by a distant power plant.
1. BASIC APPROACH a) Cost-Benefit-Approach for Socio-Economic Selection 1985
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The large alternating stations in this country have so clearly demonstrated this that their responsible managers have, within the last few years, done everything possible, by the adoption of block converters and three-wire secondary circuits, to bring their system as close as they could in practice to the low-tension direct-current distribution system.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 Various
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According to present experience, it is (except in some extraordinary cases) uneconomical to distribute direct low-tension current over more than a radius of a mile and a half from the generating point.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 Various
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