Abstract :
DEFINITIONS of terms used in stability and interconnection studies have been developed by a special committee functioning since 1930. This subject committee was organized at that time under the auspices of the subcommittee on interconnection and stability factors of the committee on power transmission and distribution, to develop some definitions of terms used in stability studies. Later in the same year, a joint interconnection committee, with F.C. Hanker, as chairman, was formed with representatives from the committees on power generation, protective devices, and power transmission and distribution; and the work of the subject committee was continued under the direction of this subcommittee. Likewise, the scope of the definitions was increased to include terms used in interconnection as well as stability studies. The report of this work is submitted in five general divisions:
