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BRITISH STANDARD
60050-551:
1998

International
Electrotechnical
Vocabulary —
Part 551: Power electronics

ICS 01.040.29; 01.040.31; 29.020; 31.020

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National foreword

This British Standard reproduces verbatim IEC 60050-551:1998 and

implements it as the UK national standard.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee
GEL/1, Terminology, which has the responsibility to:
— aid enquirers to understand the text;
— present to the responsible international/European committee any
enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK
interests informed;
— monitor related international and European developments and
promulgate them in the UK.
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on
request to its secretary.
From 1 January 1997, all IEC publications have the number 60000 added to
the old number. For instance, IEC 27-1 has been renumbered as IEC 60027-1.
For a period of time during the change over from one numbering system to the
other, publications may contain identifiers from both systems.
Cross-references
The British Standards which implement international or European
publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards
Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence
Index”, or by using the “Find” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic
Catalogue.
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of
a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct
application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
the IEC title page, pages ii to iv, pages 1 to 171 and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on
the inside front cover.

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the Amendments issued since publication
direction of the Electrotechnical
Sector Committee, was
published under the Amd. No. Date Comments
authority of the Standards
Committee and comes
into effect on
15 April 1999

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Contents

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