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peaker plant

peaker plant noun: an electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity.

Noun

peaker plant (plural peaker plants)

  1. An electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity.
    Synonyms:
    peaker[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms of peaker plant

  • peaker[Appendix:Glossary

Forms of peaker plant

pluralpeaker plants

Origin of peaker plant

From peak + plant.

Questions about peaker plant

What does peaker plant mean?
Peaker plant means an electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity.
What part of speech is peaker plant?
Peaker plant is a noun.
What is the plural of peaker plant?
The plural of peaker plant is peaker plants.

Words near peaker plant in the dictionary

  1. peaked rooves
  2. peakedly
  3. peakedness
  4. peakednesses
  5. peaker
  6. peaker plant
  7. peaker plants
  8. peakers
  9. Peakes
  10. peaketh
  11. peakflowmeter

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