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- noun An electrical
wire ,cable orconduit , suspended in air byutility poles or transmission towers, orburied underground , used for thecarrying ofelectricity either from a power source such as a generating station to asubstation , or from a substation to abuilding such as a plant, commercial building or ahome .
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- noun cable used to distribute electricity
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