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Just if anyone is curious, the technical term for the "tentacles" is pantograph. And if anyone is more curious about why it has "graph" in it, it's because the

Just if anyone is curious, the technical term for the "tentacles" is pantograph. And if anyone is more curious about why it has "graph" in it, it's because the term refers to the old utensil for copying drawings which is similar in terms of aspect and principle.

Steltek 8y ago
Pantographs are only the bar mounted on a scissor-like mechanism that you find on light rail. They only allow for one electrical connection so they don't work for trolley buses. The word I would use here are "trolley poles".
- pferde 8y ago
  So, "troles"? :)