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Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation | | English term or phrase: utility mains | | Electrical power for lighting fixtures and convenience outlets shall be provided by the Contractors form the utility mains. |
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| | Spanish translation:troncales de la compañía eléctrica | Explanation:
Well, utility is any company providing services such as power, water & sanitation, and telephone lines. In your case, they're of course talking about a power utility.
In Peru, TRONCALES would be OK, I can't tell other countries.
I'll never stop asking you to PLEASE always specify country.
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Note added at 1 hr 2 mins (2004-07-23 03:30:51 GMT)
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o líneas troncales
Usando el operador \"Define:\" the Google encontramos, entre otras, las siguientes definiciones:
Define:main
Definitions of main on the Web:
a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
The primary artery of the supply or drain system to which all the branches connect. Referred to as the Main Vent in the vent system. Back to alphabetical list
www.pbs.org/hometime/glossary/plumbing2.htm
—A relatively large pipe in a distribution system for drinking water or in a collection system for municipal wastewater. Of or relating to utility distribution mains for transferring water. Often used in the plural, as in water mains.
www.nalms.org/glossary/lkword_m.htm
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44 mins confidence: troncales de la compañía eléctrica
Explanation:
Well, utility is any company providing services such as power, water & sanitation, and telephone lines. In your case, they're of course talking about a power utility.
In Peru, TRONCALES would be OK, I can't tell other countries.
I'll never stop asking you to PLEASE always specify country.
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Note added at 1 hr 2 mins (2004-07-23 03:30:51 GMT)
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o líneas troncales
Usando el operador \"Define:\" the Google encontramos, entre otras, las siguientes definiciones:
Define:main
Definitions of main on the Web:
a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
The primary artery of the supply or drain system to which all the branches connect. Referred to as the Main Vent in the vent system. Back to alphabetical list
www.pbs.org/hometime/glossary/plumbing2.htm
—A relatively large pipe in a distribution system for drinking water or in a collection system for municipal wastewater. Of or relating to utility distribution mains for transferring water. Often used in the plural, as in water mains.
www.nalms.org/glossary/lkword_m.htm
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