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blackstart

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
black-start
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird (Oenanthe melanura) in the chat family, found in desert regions of the Middle East and North Africa.

noun

A restart of a power station without the use of power from the external electricity network.

Etymology

From black + start; in the sense of a bird, due to the analogy of redstart.

Inflected Forms

blackstarts (plural) black start (alternative)

Questions

What does blackstart mean?
A bird (Oenanthe melanura) in the chat family, found in desert regions of the Middle East and North Africa.
Where does blackstart come from?
From black + start; in the sense of a bird, due to the analogy of redstart.

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