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Cable
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- 1 A surname from Anglo-Norman. countable, uncountable
- 2 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 3 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Haven Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 4 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
- 5 A place in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 1 A long object used to make a physical connection.; A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. material
- 2 a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire wordnet
- 3 A long object used to make a physical connection.; An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes. material
- 4 a television system that transmits over cables wordnet
- 5 A long object used to make a physical connection.; An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated. material
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- 6 a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power wordnet
- 7 A long object used to make a physical connection.; A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship. material
"“And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea."
- 8 a telegram sent abroad wordnet
- 9 A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
"I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out."
- 10 television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver wordnet
- 11 A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.; Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 12 a nautical unit of depth wordnet
- 13 A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- 14 A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- 15 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
- 16 The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
- 17 A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
- 18 A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
- 1 To provide (something) with cable(s). transitive
- 2 send cables, wires, or telegrams wordnet
- 3 To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s). transitive
- 4 fasten with a cable wordnet
- 5 To wrap (wires) to form a cable. transitive
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- 6 To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable. transitive
"Details of a bottle fight in El Morocco were cabled all over the world."
- 7 To communicate by cable. intransitive
- 8 To ornament (something) with cabling. transitive
- 9 To create cable stitches. intransitive
"You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard."
Etymology
Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.
Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.
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