cable

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Spanish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Recorded since c.1205, from Old Northern French, from Medieval Latin capulum (“‘lasso, rope, halter’”), from Latin capere (“‘to take, seize’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /keɪbl/
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  Rhymes: -eɪbəl

[edit] Noun

cable (plural cables)

1. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
2. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes
3. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
4. (nautical) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship
5. (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables

   I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.

6. Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna
7. A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable
8. (nautical) A unit of length
9. (finance) The currency pair Great British Pounds against United States Dollars

[edit] Synonyms

• wire rope
• cord
• (telegram) cablegram
• (nautical unit) cable length

[edit] Antonyms

• (nautical rope) hawser (thinner)

[edit] Derived terms

• cablecar
• cablegram
• cable-laid
• cable television
• cableway
• chain-cable

[edit] Related terms

• cablet

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to cable (third-person singular simple present cables, present participle cabling, simple past and past participle cabled)

1. (transitive) To provide with cable(s)
2. (transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
3. (transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
4. (transitive) To send a telegram by cable
5. (intransitive) To communicate by cable

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

cable m. (plural cables)

1. A cable or cord.