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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescentrale de services
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sɑ̃.tral də sɛʁ.vis
"La centrale de services assure l'alimentation en électricité de la ville."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An industrial facility that generates, treats, or distributes essential public services such as electricity, water, steam, or sewage treatment.
"The city's utility plant provides power and clean drinking water to over two hundred thousand residents." - 2
An on-site industrial building or collection of equipment within a large manufacturing facility that provides necessary power, compressed air, and heating or cooling to production operations.
"Engineers were dispatched to the manufacturing site's utility plant to repair the main steam boiler."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'utility' from Latin 'utilitas' (usefulness, profit), derived from 'utilis' (useful), entering Middle English via Old French, and 'plant' from Latin 'planta' (sprout, cutting, later a fixed installation or factory established for an industrial process). Together in industrial contexts, it emerged during the mid-20th century expansion of large-scale manufacturing and infrastructure facilities to designate centralized operations providing essential services.
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centrale de services
Transliteration: sɑ̃.tral də sɛʁ.vis
"La centrale de services assure l'alimentation en électricité de la ville."
Versorgungsanlage
Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈzɔʁɡʊŋsˌʔanlaːɡə
"Die neue Versorgungsanlage versorgt das Industriegebiet mit Fernwärme."
impianto di pubblica utilità
Transliteration: imˈpjan.to di ˈpub.bli.ka u.tiˈli.ta
"L'impianto di pubblica utilità garantisce l'erogazione dell'acqua potabile."
planta de servicios públicos
Transliteration: ˈplanta de seɾˈβisios ˈpuβlikos
"La planta de servicios públicos fue modernizada para reducir las emisiones."
usina de utilidades
Transliteration: uˈzinɐ dʒi u.ti.liˈdadʒis
"A usina de utilidades fornece vapor para o processo industrial."
उपयोगिता संयंत्र
Transliteration: upayogita sanyantra
"यह उपयोगिता संयंत्र पूरे शहर को बिजली की आपूर्ति करता है।"
公用设施厂
Transliteration: gōng yòng shè shī chǎng
"该公用设施厂负责供应全市的水电资源。"
유틸리티 플랜트
Transliteration: yutiliti peuranteu
"화학 공장의 유틸리티 플랜트는 안정적인 증기 공급을 담당합니다."
ユーティリティプラント
Transliteration: yūtiriti puranto
"そのユーティリティプラントは工場全体に電気と水を供給しています。"
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