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Meaning:

Noun:

  • 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.
  • A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
  • A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable
  • (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables
  • finance The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar
  • nautical A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship
  • nautical A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile
  • Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna

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Verb:

  • intransitive To communicate by cable
  • transitive To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
  • transitive To provide with cable(s)
  • transitive To send a telegram by cable
  • transitive To wrap wires to form a cable

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