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Schuko

Schuko proper noun: a type of electrical socket (or plug), consisting of two round holes (or pins) with ground contacts on top and bottom.

schuko: a type of electrical socket (or plug), consisting of two round holes (or pins) with ground contacts...
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Proper noun

Schuko

  1. (attributive) A type of electrical socket (or plug), consisting of two round holes (or pins) with ground contacts on top and bottom.
    • By far the most widely used types outside the US, however, are the two-pin Schuko plug and socket of continental Europe and the fused three-pin and socket found in the UK.1984, MEC: Middle East Construction - Volume 9, page 78
    • To understand abstraction, imagine a power socket in the EU. It looks like a pig snout, and we call it the Schuko socket, seen in Figure 8.7.2015, Bruno Skvorc, Jump Start PHP Environment: Master the World's Most Popular Language, →ISBN

Origin of Schuko

Short for German Schutzkontakt (safety socket) from Schutz (“protection”), + Kontakt (“contact”)

Questions about Schuko

What does Schuko mean?
Schuko means a type of electrical socket (or plug), consisting of two round holes (or pins) with ground contacts on top and bottom.
What part of speech is Schuko?
Schuko is a proper noun.

Words near Schuko in the dictionary

  1. schuhplattlers
  2. schuhplattles
  3. schuhplattling
  4. schuit
  5. schuits
  6. Schuko
  7. schul
  8. Schulberg
  9. Schulbergs
  10. Schuld
  11. Schulds

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