plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
installation installing installment instalment | the act of installing something (as equipment), the telephone installation took only a few minutes |
electrical work | the craft of an electrician |
electrotherapy galvanism electric healing electrical healing | the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) |
electric shock electrical shock shock | a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body, subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response, electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks |
galvanic skin response GSR psychogalvanic response electrodermal response electrical skin response Fere phenomenon Tarchanoff phenomenon | a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety, can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body |
plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
leaf bug plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug four-lined leaf bug Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris | widespread plant and fruit pest |
plant louse louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
woolly aphid woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
jumping plant louse psylla psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
plant hopper planthopper | related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants |
assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
capacitor capacitance condenser electrical condenser | an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge |
chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
circuit electrical circuit electric circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
distributor distributer electrical distributor | electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence |
electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations |
electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another |
electrical converter | converter that converts alternating current into direct current or vice versa |
electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity |
electrical system | equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio |
electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
facility installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry, the assembly plant is an enormous facility |
factory mill manufacturing plant manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
fuse electrical fuse safety fuse | an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
military installation | any facility servicing military forces |
naval installation shore station | military installation servicing naval forces |
packinghouse packing plant | a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
periwinkle plant derivative | an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
power station power plant powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
recycling plant | a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials |
relay electrical relay | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit |
sewage disposal plant disposal plant | a plant for disposing of sewage |
shunt electrical shunt bypass | a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
switch electric switch electrical switch | control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
wall socket wall plug electric outlet electrical outlet outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
plant | something planted secretly for discovery by another, the police used a plant to trick the thieves, he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant |
electrical engineering EE | the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication |
electrical discharge | a discharge of electricity |
initiation induction installation | a formal entry into an organization or position or office, his initiation into the club, he was ordered to report for induction into the army, he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame |
oyster plant vegetable oyster | long white salsify |
plant department building department | the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant |