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reconductor

reconductor verb: to replace the cable or wire on an electric circuit, typically a high-voltage transmission line, usually to afford a greater electric-current-carrying capability.

Verb

reconductor (third-person singular simple present reconductors, present participle reconductoring, simple past and past participle reconductored)

  1. To replace the cable or wire on an electric circuit, typically a high-voltage transmission line, usually to afford a greater electric-current-carrying capability.
    • To allow the new generator to serve the new customer demand, the electric utility decided to reconductor the 115 kV transmission line instead of building another 115 kV transmission line.

Forms of reconductor

third-person singular presentreconductors
present participlereconductoring
past participlereconductored
pastreconductored

Origin of reconductor

From re- + conductor.

Questions about reconductor

What does reconductor mean?
Reconductor means to replace the cable or wire on an electric circuit, typically a high-voltage transmission line, usually to afford a greater electric-current-carrying capability.
What part of speech is reconductor?
Reconductor is a verb.
What is the past tense of reconductor?
The past tense of reconductor is reconductored.

Words near reconductor in the dictionary

  1. reconds
  2. reconduct
  3. reconducted
  4. reconducting
  5. reconduction
  6. reconductor
  7. reconductored
  8. reconductoring
  9. reconductors
  10. reconducts
  11. reconfer

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