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power supply en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see power, supply.
   • The track-sectioning cabins house not only switchgear for the traction current, but also transformers to provide power supplies to the signalling equipment. 1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 722:
   • The utility will invest in power plants and transmission lines to ensure a stable power supply.
2. A source of power such as the mains or a generator.
3. That part of a piece of electronic apparatus that provides appropriate voltages for the rest of the electronics from the connected AC source.

Forms

Hyponyms

wall wart · P.S.U. · power supply unit · power adaptor · power adapter · P. S. U. · power brick · PSU

Relateds

charger · low-power mode · power unit

Translations (75)

ur طاقت رسانہ (part of electronic apparatus) · km ការផ្គត់ផ្គង់អគ្គីសនី (part of electronic apparatus) · it pila (a source of power such as a generator) · ru исто́чник электропита́ния (part of electronic apparatus) · es fuente de alimentación (part of electronic apparatus) · pl generator (a source of power such as a generator) · id pencatu daya (part of electronic apparatus) · ro sursă de energie (part of electronic apparatus) · pt fonte de alimentação (part of electronic apparatus) · fr alimentation électrique (part of electronic apparatus) · sh јединица напајања (part of electronic apparatus) · nl voeding (part of electronic apparatus) · nb strømkilde (a source of power such as a generator) · eu elikatze-iturri (part of electronic apparatus) · sh napajanje (part of electronic apparatus) · de Netzteil (part of electronic apparatus) · it generatore (a source of power such as a generator) · sv kraftaggregat (part of electronic apparatus) · hu tápegység (part of electronic apparatus) · hi विद्युत प्रदायी (part of electronic apparatus) · yue 電源 /电源 (a source of power such as a generator) · mi punahiko (part of electronic apparatus) · ar تغذية طاقة (part of electronic apparatus) · it alternatore (a source of power such as a generator) · sv strömkälla (a source of power such as a generator) · hu áramforrás (a source of power such as a generator) · bn শক্তি সরবরাহ (part of electronic apparatus) · da strømkilde (a source of power such as a generator) · fi virtalähde (part of electronic apparatus) · gl fonte de alimentación (part of electronic apparatus) · bg захранване (part of electronic apparatus) · de Stromzufuhr (a source of power such as a generator) · ms bekalan kuasa (part of electronic apparatus) · pl zasilacz (part of electronic apparatus) · he סַפַּק כּוֹחַ (part of electronic apparatus) · cmn 電源供應 /电源供应 (part of electronic apparatus) · ja 電源 (a source of power such as a generator) · nb strømkjelde (a source of power such as a generator) · bg захранване (a source of power such as a generator) · it gruppo elettrogeno (a source of power such as a generator) · sh napojna jedinica (part of electronic apparatus) · ar وحدة تزويد الطاقة (a source of power such as a generator) · ml പവർ സപ്ലൈ (part of electronic apparatus) · it alimentazione elettrica (part of electronic apparatus) · ca font d'alimentació (part of electronic apparatus) · vi bộ nguồn (part of electronic apparatus) · et toiteplokk (part of electronic apparatus) · ka ელკვების წყარო (part of electronic apparatus) · no strømforsyning (part of electronic apparatus) · nl stroomtoevoer (a source of power such as a generator) · tr güç kaynağı (part of electronic apparatus) · cmn 電源 /电源 (a source of power such as a generator) · it batteria (a source of power such as a generator) · ko 전원 공급 장치 (part of electronic apparatus) · el τροφοδοτικό (part of electronic apparatus) · sk napájací zdroj (part of electronic apparatus) · fi teholähde (part of electronic apparatus) · mi puna hiko (a source of power such as a generator) · hy հոսանքի աղբյուր (part of electronic apparatus) · ro sursă de putere (part of electronic apparatus) · uk джерело живлення (part of electronic apparatus) · fa منبع تغذیه (part of electronic apparatus) · th แหล่งจ่ายไฟ (part of electronic apparatus) · nan-hbl 電源 /电源 (a source of power such as a generator) · sv nätdel (part of electronic apparatus) · fr alimentation électrique (a source of power such as a generator) · az kompüter soyutma sistemi (part of electronic apparatus) · da strømforsyning (part of electronic apparatus) · nn straumkjelde (a source of power such as a generator) · sv nätaggregat (part of electronic apparatus) · ja 電源回路 (part of electronic apparatus) · nb strømtilførsel (part of electronic apparatus) · mi pūtake hiko (a source of power such as a generator) · nn energiforsyningsmodul (part of electronic apparatus) · ka დენის წყარო (part of electronic apparatus)