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| pow·er plant (plural pow·er plants) |
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1. plant for generating electricity: an industrial complex where power, especially electricity, is generated from another source of energy such as burning coal, nuclear reactions, or flowing water
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2. unit powering self-propelled object: a unit that supplies the power to move a self-propelled object, e.g. a diesel-electric engine in a locomotive or an internal-combustion engine in an automobile
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