Wye

a river in E Wales and W England, rising in Powys and flowing southeast into Herefordshire, then south to the Severn estuary. Length: 210 km (130 miles)

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wye

[wī]

(electricity)

Polyphase circuit whose phase differences are 120° and which when drawn resembles the letter Y.

(engineering)

A pipe branching off a straight main run at an angle of 45°. Also known as Y; yoke.

wye

1. A Y-branch.

2. A Y-fitting.

wye (Y) connection

wye connection, 2

wye connection, 1

1. A method of connecting the ends of the windings of a poly-phase transformer; each of the three windings are joined at a common point; the other ends of the windings provide the line-to-line voltages. Compare with delta connection.

2. A fire department connection with two inlets; a siamese connection.

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The created scenario is to start the motor in wye connection, to run the motor 5 secs and to switch to delta connection by microcontroller based wye-delta starter.

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In a letter to Wye Parish Council ABC asserted that: "There is no doubt as to the historic value of the statues and they deserve to be displayed in their original home".

Wye's Jacobean statues

In fact, you were more likely to see all three first before catching a glimpse of the Wye flowing backwards.

When the river ran backwards

Major Patrick Darling, chairman of the Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association, said: "There should be more to come because the real benefits of these improvements, in terms of the number of fish returning to spawn, will not be fully realised for several years.

Why the Wye is set for a good year

The Wye Line is claimed to be easy to fit and makes multi-way distribution systems simple to plan and install.

New diverter range

Sarraf took Stoffel's idea to Iraq's Minister of Defense, and he signed a contract that would pay Wye Oak $24.7 million to refurbish three battalions worth of armored vehicles.

Unquiet American: tough, idealistic, motivated by profit, Dale Stoffel had all the attributes the Bush administration thought would set Iraq right. The mysterious murder of this whistle-blowing contractor exemplifies all that went wrong

The leaves, embellished with a burgundy silk bow, join variously sized pins crafted by Nature's Creations from the Wye Oak, which was the nation's largest white oak until it toppled in a June 2002 storm.

Nature's creations

The commonly accepted version of events is that Clinton promised then-Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, during the Wye talks of late 1998, to release Pollard as part of an overall Israeli-Palestinian Authority agreement.

Pollard Challenges Clinton

From Ledbury take the A438 west to Hereford, famous for its cathedral, bustling midweek market and six-arched bridge over the River Wye.

Idyllic place to stay

The Permasert[R] Wye Tee can help reduce a portion of single line installation costs.

Utilities save using branching service lines from a single main line tap. (Tech Notes)