peaker plant

noun

Etymology

From peak + plant.

  1. derived from plantō
  2. inherited from plantian — “to plant
  3. inherited from planten
  4. derived from planta
  5. inherited from *plantu
  6. inherited from plante
  7. inherited from plante
  8. compounded as peaker plant — “peak + plant

Definitions

  1. An electric power station used to rapidly generate power to prevent brownouts when demand…

    An electric power station used to rapidly generate 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.

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