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Definition of Cable
1. Verb. Send cables, wires, or telegrams. "They cable the information to them"
Category relationships: Telegraphy
Generic synonyms: Telecommunicate
Derivative terms: Telegraph, Telegrapher, Telegraphist, Wire, Wirer
2. Noun. A telegram sent abroad.
3. Verb. Fasten with a cable. ; "Cable trees"
4. Noun. A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power.
Group relationships: Cable System, Cable Television, Cable Television Service, Phone System, Telephone System
Specialized synonyms: Coax, Coax Cable, Coaxial Cable, Electrical Cable, Fiber Optic Cable, Fibre Optic Cable, Power Cable, Power Line, Printer Cable
Generic synonyms: Conductor
5. Noun. A very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire.
6. Noun. A nautical unit of depth.
7. Noun. Television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver.
8. Noun. A television system that transmits over cables.
Terms within: Line, Transmission Line
Generic synonyms: Television, Television System
Definition of Cable
1. n. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
2. v. t. To fasten with a cable.
3. v. t. & i. To telegraph by a submarine cable
Definition of Cable
1. Noun. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. ¹
2. Noun. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes ¹
3. Noun. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated. ¹
4. Noun. (nautical) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship ¹
5. Noun. (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables ¹
6. Noun. Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna ¹
7. Noun. A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable ¹
8. Noun. (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile ¹
9. Noun. (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar ¹
10. Verb. (transitive) To provide with cable(s) ¹
11. Verb. (transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s) ¹
12. Verb. (transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable ¹
13. Verb. (transitive) To send a telegram by cable ¹
14. Verb. (intransitive) To communicate by cable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cable
1. to fasten with a cable (a heavy rope) [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cable
Literary usage of Cable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactionsby European Orthodontic Society, Ossianic Society, North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, University of Glasgow Oriental Society, Wentworth Historical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Homoeopathic Medical by European Orthodontic Society, Ossianic Society, North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, University of Glasgow Oriental Society, Wentworth Historical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Homoeopathic Medical Society of t (1869)
"God- sey, Miner, Walley 37-40 1945 cable Accessory Design Utilizing New Laboratory
... 1273 1949 cable, AC and DC Short-Circuit Tests on Aircraft. ..."
2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"cable Constants TRANSMISSION The Balancing of Multiple Wire Systems of Electrical
... cable Constants. Constants of cables and Magnetic Conductors. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"A visit was made to the office of the Commercial cable Co., at New York, where
information was obtained which led to the designing and construction at the ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"A visit was made to the office of the Commercial cable Co., at New York, ...
The instrumental outfits of the five stations of the Commercial Pacific cable ..."