cable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Recorded since c.1205, from Old Northern French, from Medieval Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cable (plural cables)
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes
- An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
- (nautical) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship
- (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.
- Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna
- A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable
- (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile
- (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar
- (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
Synonyms[edit]
- wire rope
- cord
- (telegram) cablegram
- (nautical unit) cable length
- See also Wikisaurus:string
Antonyms[edit]
- (nautical rope) hawser (thinner)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
large wire, rope
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assembly of wires for electricity
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heavy rope or chain as used for mooring
communications system with coaxial or fiber optic
tv broadcast over such network — see cable tv
telegram
nautical unit of length
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currency pair
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Verb[edit]
cable (third-person singular simple present cables, present participle cabling, simple past and past participle cabled)
- (transitive) To provide with cable(s)
- (transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
- (transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
- (transitive) To send a telegram by cable
- (intransitive) To communicate by cable
- (architecture, transitive) To ornament with cabling.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
provide with cable(s)
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cable m (plural cables)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
cable m (plural cables)
