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peaker plant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
peak-er -plant
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity.

Etymology

From peak + plant.

Inflected Forms

peaker plants (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hydropeaking

Synonyms

peaker[Appendix:Glossary

Questions

What does peaker plant mean?
An electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity.
Where does peaker plant come from?
From peak + plant.

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