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Cable Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cable? [n] a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire [n] a television system transmitted over cables [n] a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power [n] a telegram sent abroad [n] television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver [n] a nautical unit of depth [v] send cables, wires, or telegrams [v] fasten with a cable; "cable trees" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cable: cable length \| cable system \| cable television \| cable television \| cable television service \| cablegram \| cable's length \| overseas telegram \| telegraph \| wire Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cable: armored cable \| battery cable \| bell wire \| braid \| brail \| BX cable \| cablegram \| chain \| co-ax \| coaxial cable \| concentric cable \| cord \| day letter \| electric cable \| electric cord \| fast telegram \| flash \| guy \| hawser \| highline \| hookup wire \| lead \| ligament \| ligation \| ligature \| line \| mooring \| night letter \| party line \| power line \| private line \| radio \| radiogram \| rope \| send a wire \| sign off \| sign on \| spun yarn \| strand \| string \| telegram \| telegraph \| telegraph cable \| telegraph line \| telephone line \| Teletype \| telex \| tendon \| thong \| three-wire cable \| transmission line \| triaxial cable \| trunk \| trunk line \| twine \| twist \| underground cable \| WATS \| WATS line \| wire \| wire line \| yarn See Also \| cable \| coax \| coax cable \| coaxial cable \| conductor \| electrical cable \| fasten \| fiber optic cable \| fibre optic cable \| fix \| ground cable \| line \| linear unit \| phone system \| power cable \| power line \| printer cable \| rope \| secure \| suspension bridge \| telecasting \| telecommunicate \| telegram \| telephone system \| television \| television \| television system \| transmission line \| TV \| video \| wire Cable In Webster's Dictionary \Ca"ble\ (k[=a]"b'l), n. [F. c[^a]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.] 1. 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. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable. 3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also {cable molding}. {Bower cable}, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. {Cable road}, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. {Cable's length}, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). {Cable tier}. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. {Sheet cable}, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. {Stream cable}, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. {Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph}. {To pay out the cable}, {To veer out the cable}, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. {To serve the cable}, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. {To slip the cable}, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die. \Ca"ble\ (k[=a]"b'l), v. t. 1. To fasten with a cable. 2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See {Cabling}. \Ca"ble\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabled} (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cabling} (-bl[o^]ng).] To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent]

Cable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cable?

[n] a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
[n] a television system transmitted over cables
[n] a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
[n] a telegram sent abroad
[n] television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
[n] a nautical unit of depth
[v] send cables, wires, or telegrams
[v] fasten with a cable; "cable trees"

Cable In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca"ble\ (k[=a]"b'l), n. [F. c[^a]ble, LL. capulum,
caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G.
kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.]
1. 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. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with
   some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of
   a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.

3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member
   of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral
   twist of a rope; -- called also {cable molding}.

{Bower cable}, the cable belonging to the bower anchor.

{Cable road}, a railway on which the cars are moved by a
   continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary
   motor.

{Cable's length}, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the
   merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or
   more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is
   either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600
   feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile).


{Cable tier}.
   (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed.
   (b) A coil of a cable.

{Sheet cable}, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor.

{Stream cable}, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower
   cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and
   heavy seas.

{Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph}.

{To pay out the cable}, {To veer out the cable}, to slacken
   it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run
   out of the hawse hole.

{To serve the cable}, to bind it round with ropes, canvas,
   etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse,
   et.

{To slip the cable}, to let go the end on board and let it
   all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to
   weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.


\Ca"ble\ (k[=a]"b'l), v. t.
1. To fasten with a cable.

2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See {Cabling}.


\Ca"ble\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabled} (-b'ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Cabling} (-bl[o^]ng).]
To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent]

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