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Definition of Extension cord
1. Noun. An electric cord used to extend the length of a power cord.
Definition of Extension cord
1. Noun. (electronics) An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices. ''(slang:'' trip cord). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extension Cord
Literary usage of Extension cord
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1881)
"An upright iron rod supports a pulley, over which plays an extension cord ; the
prongs of the fork-like portion of the bar in which the pulley plays should ..."
2. The Second Power Kink Book: A Collection of Short Articles from Power in (1918)
"... OR HOLDER FOR DROP LIGHT ADJUSTABLE EXTENSION LAMP CORD The extension cord
passes alternately over a series of fixed and movable pulleys as shown. ..."
3. Wisconsin Medical Journal by State Medical Society of Wisconsin (1905)
"... all stitches were torn loose, the leg was out of position, extension cord cut
and wound buried under a very generous poultice of Indian cow manure. ..."
4. Shock Therapy for a Brain Dead World by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"Gary: I was arrested for having an extension cord. A business company had put a
neon sign in my place of business and the cord wasn't long enough to go to a ..."
5. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"They can also be in an extension cord. GROUNDING Do you see the third leg (Figure
6)? These are designed to give you continuity, to give you the grounding ..."
6. Electrical Equipment of the Motor Car by David Penn Moreton, Darwin S. Hatch (1918)
"A flexible extension cord is provided for connecting the lamp to one of the ...
In some forms a reel is provided upon which the extension cord may be wound. ..."
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