catenary
Example Sentences
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Liberty filed a $3 million claim last fall based on inefficiency installing catenary poles.
From Seattle Times
The first time the Russians damaged the tracks; the second time, the tracks and catenary wires.
From New York Times
Contractors will replace overhead catenary wires that supply power to the trains.
From Seattle Times
Design changes in the past year helped address the incompatibility with the corridor’s track and its catenary system — the overhead wires that supply the train with electricity.
From Washington Post
“It hit the catenary wire that runs between the 3 towers,” Parsons wrote in a tweet from the EGS Twitter account.
From The Verge
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