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How to use electrification in a sentence

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Electrification means the act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity. Example: “Electrification itself became important to North Pomfret residents.”

Examples of electrification by meaning

nounThe adaptation (of a home, farm, village, city, countryside, industry, railroad) for electric power.

  • Electrification itself became important to North Pomfret residents.2011, Cameron Clifford, Farms, Flatlanders, and Fords: A Story of People and Place in Rural Vermont 1890-2010
  • Transport Scotland's Director of Rail Bill Reeve has raised the prospect of electrification in Scotland being extended to connect all of the nation's seven cities.2019 November 6, “Network News”, in Rail, page 24

More sentences with electrification

  • Given the stalled electrification of England's railways, notably the Midland Main Line, he has a point.2026 March 18, Christian Wolmar, “Wales sets example with long-term rail strategy”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 42. From the entry against the grain
  • Hendy has come out as something of an evangelist for discontinuous electrification.2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41. From the entry vocal
  • And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification.2025 February 5, Peter Plisner, “East West Rail: progress from west to east”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 30. From the entry perspective
  • There had been plans to extend electrification from Harrow to Rickmansworth.2024 January 24, Stefanie Foster, “Metro-land's legacy for today's railway”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 57. From the entry backburner
  • The Fuelling the Future report states: "The Government must increase the current pace of electrification.2023 March 22, “Select Committee wants electrification at the heart of low-carbon initiative”, in RAIL, number 979, page 8. From the entry achievability
  • Electrification of the Midland Main Line has not been ruled out.2020 April 8, “Network News: MML still on electrification agenda”, in Rail, page 23. From the entry rule out
  • This includes partial electrification, a new through platform at Huddersfield, and around eight miles of extra four-tracking.2020 August 12, “Network News: Release of £589 million kick-starts Trans-Pennine Route upgrade”, in Rail, page 9. From the entry four-tracking
  • If you are serious about climate change a rolling programme of electrification is the only rational policy.2019 October, Roger Ford, “WCP award - victory for DfT reactionaries”, in Modern Railways, page 31. From the entry climate change
  • A better industrial usuage is unlikely to be achieved from rural electrification.1980, Electric Energy Conference 80, Institution of Engineers, Australia. National Committee on Electric Power Engineering, Electricity…. From the entry usuage
  • This paucity of trains helps to explain why electrification is not planned between Paris and Belfort.1963 January, “Beyond the Channel: France”, in Modern Railways, page 60. From the entry paucity
  • The identical result has been obtained in faradic electrification of muscle tissue.1903, The Cincinnati Lancet-clinic - Volume 90, page 154. From the entry franklinize
  • Rail technology advanced step by step - albeit electrification was a good stride, rather than a short step.2024 January 10, Philip Haigh, “Four decades of Britain's railway evolution - step by step”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 65. From the entry stride
  • It dominates the townscape, but its operational importance has seriously diminished since electrification of the West Coast Main Line.2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Bam Nuttall Partnership Award: Kilmarnock”, in RAIL…. From the entry diminish
  • All had been planned for electrification before subsequently being cancelled.2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: Electrification key to decarbonisation”, in Rail, page 16. From the entry electrify
  • The high capital costs of electrification are cited, with a suggestion that in challenging locations discontinuous electrification could be considered.2020 December 16, “Northern rail leaders discuss phase-out of diesel”, in RAIL, page 12. From the entry discontinuous
  • Overhead line electrification near London Euston is being overhauled in a four-week Network Rail project to reduce delays in hot weather.2020 June 17, “Network News: Overhead line equipment renewed at Camden”, in Rail, page 20. From the entry sagging
  • The Trans-Pennine electrification is a good example.2020 April 22, “Letters: Open Access: Confusion at the DfT”, in Rail, pages 31–32. From the entry unpause
  • Has the BRB received a secret nod from the Ministry to continue the LMR electrification from Weaver Junction to Glasgow?1964 August, “News and Comment: One main line to Scotland?”, in Modern Railways, page 86. From the entry nod
  • Beeching, against electrification without renewed examination of projects.1963 June, “News and Comment: Le Plan Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 364. From the entry bias
  • Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T.1963 June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 361. From the entry editorial
  • Western Lines electrification estimates, whilst the nation at large is suffering from the effects of chopping and changing the electrification schemes.1962 September, “Talking of Trains: Money for (road) jam”, in Modern Railways, page 153. From the entry chop and change
  • Electrification, on the other hand, involved several departments.1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 719. From the entry far-reaching
  • The Glasgow electrification symbol of yellow and blue "Vs" overlapping on a black background is becoming familiar on Clydeside.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714. From the entry Clydeside
  • Coppard was unequivocal when speaking to RAIL about this: "I'll keep on telling the government that MML electrification is really important to us.2026 April 1, Richard Wilcock, “South Yorkshire's sights on a People's Network”, in RAIL, number 1058, page 23. From the entry unequivocal
  • The problem started with damage to overhead line equipment (OLE - the railway's electrification system), which halted a Great Western Railway service.2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52. From the entry ole
  • While WMRE makes clear that electrification is the only credible option to decarbonise, it says that bi-mode trains could be used in the interim.2022 December 28, Philip Haigh, “Building the case for West Midlands rail improvements”, in RAIL, number 973, page 25. From the entry credible
  • Planning the resignalling element was problematic because immunising the new colour-light signals for an electric railway was costly and unnecessary if electrification was not approved.2020 April 8, David Clough, “How the West Coast wiring war was won”, in Rail, page 63. From the entry immunise
  • Electrification helped farmers, but in addition, the farm routine was greatly simplified because milk itself became the desired commodity instead of cream and butter.2011, Cameron Clifford, Farms, Flatlanders, and Fords: A Story of People and Place in Rural Vermont 1890-2010. From the entry sleigh
  • The new fast lines are laid out for unrestricted speed through the station, as after electrification certain expresses may run non-stop between Euston and Birmingham.1962 June, David Walters, “The new station and layout at Coventry”, in Modern Railways, page 407. From the entry unrestricted
  • There is little to report of changes on the Great Eastern Line other than deceleration, doubtless explained by continuance of the electrification work.1961 September, “Background to the new winter timetables of the East Coast”, in Modern Railways, page 534. From the entry continuance
  • It was decided therefore to change over from 25-cycle rotary converters to remotely-controlled substations supplied at 50 cycles, in conformity with the outer area electrification.1954 April, “Southern Region Power Supply”, in Railway Magazine, pages 221-222. From the entry rotary converter
  • The Scots have had the foresight to install passive provision for electrification, having plans in existence and by pre-installing piles for OLE (overhead line equipment) mast bases.2024 November 27, Paul Bigland, “Around the UK on nearly 80 trains...”, in RAIL, number 1023, page 48. From the entry preinstall
  • Electrification was not included in anticipated CP6 spending, after cost uncertainties following the Great Western Main Line overspend led to cutbacks by the Department of Transport to contain costs.2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68. From the entry overspend
  • Given that (English) politicians are noted for foot-dragging on electrification schemes, will they use these new locomotives simply as an excuse to defer more electrification schemes?2021 March 24, “Open Access: Waiting for the wires”, in Rail, number 927, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33. From the entry foot-dragging
  • "First, it's about Government committing to infill electrification so we can do things with the locomotives we already have, and then a rolling plan of electrification."2020 July 15, “Rail freight sector demands Government commitment”, in Rail, page 10. From the entry infill
  • With the cutting out of the previous recovery times for electrification work, curtailment of station times and acceleration, considerable reductions have been made in the overall schedules.1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 18. From the entry considerable
  • Included in the electrification scheme is the branch from Sittingbourne to Sheerness, which crosses from the mainland to the Isle of Sheppey on the lifting bridge at King's Ferry.1958 May, “Electric trains to the Kent Coast”, in Railway Magazine, page 296. From the entry lifting bridge
  • The new tunnel has been associated with, but not actually occasioned by, the electrification of the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath lines of the former L.N.E.R., initiated before the war.1951 July, “New Pennine Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 432. From the entry occasion

Meaning of electrification

  1. noun The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
  2. noun The adaptation (of a home, farm, village, city, countryside, industry, railroad) for electric power.

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Questions about electrification in a sentence

How do you use electrification in a sentence?
Electrification is used as a noun. For example: “Electrification itself became important to North Pomfret residents.”
What is a short sentence with electrification?
“The Trans-Pennine electrification is a good example.”
What does electrification mean?
Electrification means the act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.

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