Mains may refer to:
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Mains electricity
Mains electricity or utility power, power grid, domestic power, and wall power, or in some parts of Canada as hydro, is a general-purpose alternating-current (AC) electric power supply. It is the form of electrical power that is delivered to h ...
("line power" in the United States)
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Mains electricity by country
Mains electricity by country includes a list of countries and territories, with the plugs, voltages and frequencies they commonly use for providing electrical power to low voltage appliances, equipment, and lighting typically found in homes and ...
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Electricity transmission
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Public utility
A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and r ...
, "mains services", including electricity, natural gas, water, and sewage disposal
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Main course
A main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée ("entry") course.
Typically, the main course is the meal that is the heaviest, heartiest, and most intricate or substantial o ...
, the primary dish of a meal, following a starter
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Mains (Scotland)
A mains ( gd, mànas) in Scotland is a farm, or the buildings of a farm. This may include the farmhouse, farm buildings such as a byre, dairy, and workers' cottages. It is pseudo-plural, actually being a Lowland Scots corruption of ''domains'' ...
, the main buildings of a farm
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BMX racing
BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle racing, races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for u ...
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Water main
A water distribution system is a part of water supply network with components that carry potable water from a centralized treatment plant or wells to consumers to satisfy residential, commercial, industrial and fire fighting requirements.
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Edwin Butterworth Mains
Edwin Butterworth Mains (1890–1968) was an American mycologist. He was known for his taxonomic research on the rust fungi (Pucciniomycetes), the genus ''Cordyceps'', and the earth tongues (Geoglossaceae).
Biography
Edwin Butterworth Mains was ...
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Main (disambiguation)
Main may refer to:
Geography
* Main River (disambiguation)
**Most commonly the Main (river) in Germany
*Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province
*"Spanish Main", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries
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Mane (disambiguation)
Mane may refer to:
*Mane (horse), the line of hair along the spine of the neck
*Mane (lion), the hair found around the male mammal's neck
In arts and entertainment
* ''Mane'' (film) is a 1990 Kannada language film directed by Girish Kasaravalli
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