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21 conductor
1) (a thing that conducts heat or electricity: Copper is a good conductor of heat.) conductor2) (a director of an orchestra, choir etc.) dirijor3) ((feminine conductress) a person who collects fares on a bus etc: a bus conductor.) conductor4) ((American) a guard on a train.) -
22 consume
[kən'sju:m]1) (to eat or drink: He consumes a huge amount of food.) a mânca; a bea2) (to use: How much electricity do you consume per month?) a consuma3) (to destroy, eg by fire: The entire building was consumed by fire.) a mistui•- consumer- consumption
- consumer goods -
23 current
1. adjective(of or belonging to the present: current affairs; the current month; the current temperature.) curent; actual2. noun1) ((the direction of) a stream of water or air: the current of a river.) curent2) ((a) flow of electricity: an electrical current.) curent•- current account -
24 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) a conduce2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) a (con)duce cu maşina3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) a mâna4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) a lovi5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) a pune în mişcare2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) plimbare cu maşina2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) alee3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energie4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanie5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) lovitură6) ((computers) a disk drive.)•- driver- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on -
25 electric
[ə'lektrik]1) (of, produced by, or worked by electricity: electric light.) electric2) (full of excitement: The atmosphere in the theatre was electric.) electrizant -
26 electrical
adjective (related to electricity: electrical engineering; electrical appliances; an electrical fault.) electric, privitor la electricitate -
27 electrified
adjective (supplied or charged with electricity: an electrified fence.) electrificat, electrizat -
28 electrify
1) (to convert (a railway etc) to the use of electricity as the moving power.) a electrifica2) (to excite or astonish: The news electrified us.) a entuziasma, a electriza -
29 electrode
[i'lektrəud](a conductor through which a current of electricity enters or leaves a battery etc.) electrod -
30 energy
['enə‹i]plural - energies; noun1) (the ability to act, or the habit of acting, strongly and vigorously: He has amazing energy for his age; That child has too much energy; I must devote my energies to gardening today.) energie2) (the power, eg of electricity, of doing work: electrical energy; nuclear energy.) energie•- energetically -
31 failure
[-jə]1) (the state or act of failing: She was upset by her failure in the exam; failure of the electricity supply.) eşec; pană2) (an unsuccessful person or thing: He felt he was a failure.) ratat3) (inability, refusal etc to do something: his failure to reply.) neputinţă -
32 flex
[fleks] 1. verb(to bend, especially in order to test: to flex one's muscles.) a îndoi2. noun((a piece of) thin insulated wire for carrying electricity: That lamp has a long flex.) liţă- flexible- flexibility
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33 frequency
plural - frequencies; noun1) (the state of happening often: The frequency of her visits surprised him.) regularitate2) ((in electricity, radio etc) the number of waves, vibrations etc per second: At what frequency does the sound occur?) frecvenţă3) (a set wavelength on which radio stations regularly broadcast: I regularly listen to this frequency in order to hear my favourite music.) frecvenţă -
34 generate
['‹enəreit](to cause or produce: This machine generates electricity; His suggestions generated a lot of ill-feeling.) a produce, a suscita- the generation gap
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35 generator
noun (a machine which produces electricity, gas etc: The hospital has an emergency generator.) generator -
36 harness
1. noun(the leather straps etc by which a horse is attached to a cart etc which it is pulling and by means of which it is controlled.) hamuri2. verb1) (to put the harness on (a horse).) a înhăma2) (to make use of (a source of power, eg a river) for some purpose, eg to produce electricity or to drive machinery: Attempts are now being made to harness the sun as a source of heat and power.) a exploata, a valorifica -
37 hydroelectricity
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38 install
[in'sto:l]1) (to put in place ready for use: When was the telephone/electricity installed (in this house)?) a instala2) (to put (a thing, oneself or another person) in a place or position: He was installed as president yesterday; They soon installed themselves in the new house.) a (se) instala (în)•- instalment -
39 lightning
(a flash of electricity between clouds or from a cloud to earth during a storm, usually followed by thunder: The house was struck by lightning.) fulger -
40 link up
to join or be joined closely or by a link: An electrician called to link up our house to the mains electricity supply (noun link-up) a lega, a conecta
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