5. Glossary

Street lighting; street light

The process of producing artificial light for public spaces through a technical infrastructure that resembles, in contemporary terms, a technical network (see above).

Phase; phase

Refers to the different channels of a single source of alternating electrical power. Between these different "phases", there is a "phase shift", expressed in steradians. For example, for a three-phase alternating current, the offset will be 120° between each phase.

"Pollution" of the electric network; "Pollution" du réseau électrique

When an alternating current "passes" through a transformer to supply an element requiring direct current, direct current is "extracted" from it. The signal that flows through the distribution network after this is no longer completely...