Jun 22, 2011 09:54
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English term

power grid/ power network

English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general)
witam, ktore z powyzszych okreslen jest bardziej ogolne? which of the above is more general?

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power grid

Of the two, I'd say "power grid" is more frequently used - you see people talking about living "off grid" when they are generating their own power, too.
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agree benettfreeman : I have never heard anyone referring to 'power networks'.
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agree Martin Riordan
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agree Phong Le
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agree jccantrell : My thought, too. Especially now that Power over Ethernet is becoming popular, the 'network' might be mistaken for this sort of thing.
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agree eski
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agree Thuy-PTT (X)
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electrical power system, electrical power network

This is not my native target, so I am open to comments or suggestions, but the most respected glossary in the filed Electropedia recognizes the "grid" for electronic tubes:
http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...
and uses the term "electrical power system" or "electrical power network" for what I do routninely translate to "réseau électrique" in French
http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...

This is a technical point of view from Electropedia, but it is apparently backed by a serious newspaper (Financial Times) and a software publisher specializing in the field (below)
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