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water tree

water tree noun: an electrical treeing phenomenon inside insulation, caused by the presence of water inside buried or water-immersed high voltage cables.

Noun

water tree (plural water trees)

  1. An electrical treeing phenomenon inside insulation, caused by the presence of water inside buried or water-immersed high voltage cables.
  2. The flowering plant Grevillea berryana.
  3. The shrub or small tree Hakea leucoptera.

Forms of water tree

pluralwater trees

Questions about water tree

What does water tree mean?
Water tree means an electrical treeing phenomenon inside insulation, caused by the presence of water inside buried or water-immersed high voltage cables.
What part of speech is water tree?
Water tree is a noun.
What is the plural of water tree?
The plural of water tree is water trees.

Words near water tree in the dictionary

  1. water ticks
  2. water to one's mill
  3. water tower
  4. water towers
  5. water toxemia
  6. water tree
  7. water treeing
  8. water trees
  9. water trough
  10. water troughs
  11. water tube

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