Meaning of powerhouse in English
(Definition of powerhouse from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
powerhouse | American Dictionary
powerhouse | Business English
Examples of powerhouse
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Several small structures, described as treatment buildings, are situated to the east, and downslope, of the powerhouse.
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The other emission sources were assumed to produce the same emissions as the powerhouse generator (discharged at about 6 m above ground level).
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This includes cost for civil works (dam, roads, buildings and communication for the project), electrical works (powerhouse and transmission), and establishment costs.
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A thrilling powerhouse of a scherzo, this self-contained, self-generating piledriver of a piece is addictive and riveting - in every sense.
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The mathematical simulations of the various elements of the system provide data relating to tunnel length, dam volume, powerhouse depth, and energy output.
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Our bodies fumble or dance their way through life as powerhouses of making and meaning.
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He was just getting started, was a fountain of ideas, a powerhouse of energy, and had unsurpassed technique and mastery of experimental science.
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It was also a cultural and social powerhouse, and it had the capacity to generate wealth unlike anything that had been seen before.
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Three 10,000 l fuel tanks are located on the northern side of the powerhouse.
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The quantity of soil contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons in the vicinity of the powerhouse, however, was estimated to be between 200 and 600 tonnes.
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Emission sources on station are the powerhouse generators, boilers, heaters, and vehicles.
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First, the region is an economic powerhouse.
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Variable parameters within the model are therefore: site, mode of operation, dam type, dam height, material type, period of generation, pressure tunnel length, and powerhouse depth.
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They were now able to create financial powerhouses that could rival, or more likely surpass, the influence of the old banqueros, who had operated within a specialised banking system.
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London was an industrial powerhouse.
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