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Definition of Electric main
1. Noun. A main that distributes electricity.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Main
Literary usage of Electric main
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"(2) Wire constituting part of an electric main. (3) The principal electric
conductor in a distribution or conducting system. Mains.—(1) In a parallel system ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1911)
"50, pp. 1393, 1451, 1498, 1525,1382, 1663. HORN : electric main Shaft Hoists,
specially those of Ottilia Shaft of Royal Mountain Inspection in Clausthal. ..."
3. Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine (1882)
"Till I learned Faure's invention 1 could but think of step-down dynamos, at a
main receiving station to take energy direct from the electric main with its ..."
4. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1911)
"... electric main Shaft Hoists, specially those of Ottilia Shaft of Royal Mountain
Inspection in Clausthal. Zeil. V. d. I., vol. 50, p. 499. ..."
5. Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses and Reviews by John Tyndall (1915)
"Suppose an insulated copper rod, which we may call an ' electric main,' to be
laid down along one of our streets, say along the Strand. ..."
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