Electrical Glossary

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Across
  1. 4. a substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).
  2. 5. a roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place.
  3. 7. Electric power is the rate, per unit time, at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit.
  4. 9. power electric or motive power generated by a nuclear reactor.
  5. 11. a measure of electrical power expressed in watts.
  6. 12. another term for power plant.
  7. 15. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
  8. 16. having an electric charge.
  9. 17. power derived from the utilization of. physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.
Down
  1. 1. comprises branches so that the current divides and only part of it flows through any branch.
  2. 2. a minute portion of matter.
  3. 3. an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts.
  4. 6. the SI unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one newton when its point of application moves one meter in the direction of action of the force, equivalent to one 3600th of a watt-hour.
  5. 8. a substance or device which does not readily conduct electricity.
  6. 10. a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
  7. 13. relating to or determined by the sun.
  8. 14. a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.