plug

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According to German energy company RWE, the plug will be a three-point (live, neutral, earth) arrangement that uses a fixed 400V supply.

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  1. noun An object, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; a stopper.
  2. noun A dense mass of material that obstructs a passage.
  3. noun A usually cylindrical or conic piece cut from something larger, often as a sample.
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  • Around the circumference of the plug is a shell, which is fixed to the door or container. —  Notes on Picking Pin Tumbler Locks
  • (It is often helpful to do this with "rocking" motion between the pick and the torque tool, gradually increasing the degree to which the plug is allowed to rotate backward). —  Notes on Picking Pin Tumbler Locks
  • This requires an ignition system such as a spark plug, a glow plug or a catalytic igniter. —  Escher, William - The Case for the Hydrogen-Oxygen Car
  • Another objective will be power sufficient to replace the need for a plug, in a plug-in hybrid car. —  Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
  • If the plug is the same size as the taper, what is preventing it from going in? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
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plug:   plugs ·  plugging ·  plugged
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  1. Dutch, from Middle Dutch plugge.

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  1. from Middle Dutch plugge, Dutch plug, a bung, peg, plug, = Middle Low German plugge. Low German plugge, plügge, a plug, = Middle High German pfloc (pflock-), pflocke, German pflock, a peg, plug, = Swedish plugg, pligg = Norwegian plug = Danish plög, plök (prob. from Low German), plug, peg; cf. Welsh ploc, a plug, block, = Irish ploc, a plug, block, club: see block.
  2. = Middle Low German pluggen = Swedish pligga = Dan.plökke, plug; from the noun.
 

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