power plant
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Tweet n. 1. A complex of structures, machinery, and associated equipment for generating electric energy from another source of energy, such as nuclear reactions or a hydroelectric dam. Also called generating station, power station. 2. All the equipment, including structural members, that constitutes a unit power source: the power plant of a ship. |
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