concentric main
Electricity (now historical )
noun
A main electricity supply cable consisting of one or more concentric cables.
- Used especially in reference to the cable invented in 1890 by Sebastian de Ferranti (1864–1930), which consisted of a number of rigid concentric cables joined together..
Origin
Late 19th century.
- Anglocentrism
- Anglo-Danish
- Anglo-Egyptian
- Anglo-French
- Anglo-Frisian
- Anglofy
- Anglo-Gallic
- Anglo-German
- anglo-helvetium
- Anglo-Indian
- passband
- passbook
- pass box
- pass burner
- pass burning
- pass-by
- pass card
- pass check
- Passchendaele, Battle of
- passcode
- pass court
- pass coverage
- pass defence
- pass defense
- pass deflection