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Answer for the clue "An electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits ", 6 letters:
busbar

Word definitions for busbar in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system" [syn: bus ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
busbar \busbar\, bus-bar \bus-bar\n. an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits. Syn: busbar, bus.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In electrical power distribution , a busbar (also spelled bus bar , or sometimes as buss bar or bussbar , with the term bus being a contraction of the Latin omnibus , "for all", or buss being short for buttress ) is a metallic strip or bar (typically copper ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. An electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system ; typically a thick strip, or a tube, of copper or aluminium. n. An electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that ...

Usage examples of busbar.

The space between them was bridged by a forest of data conduits, power busbars, optical pipes, signal highways, maintenance-pod tunnels, and supporting structures.

This supplied a series of two-foot-square superconducting busbars and a maze of interleaved windings, fabricated from solid copper bars, that surrounded what appeared to be the main-drive engines.

All three of the huge hydrogen power lamps were snuffed, and conduits and busbars ruptured.

How can I build a new-type disintegrator if the engineer won't let me have the busbars from the drive unit?

Small machinings of precious white metal and lustrous plastic had been assembled, with neatly soldered busbars, into something which showed purpose and design.