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Määritelmät

Substantiivi

1. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
2. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
3. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
4. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
5. (nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
6. (communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
7. (television) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
8. A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
9. (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
10. (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
11. (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
12. (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
13. (knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.

Verbi

1. (transitive) To provide (something) with cable(s).
2. (transitive) To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
3. (transitive) To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
4. (transitive) To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
5. (intransitive) To communicate by cable.
6. (transitive, architecture) To ornament (something) with cabling.
7. (intransitive, knitting) To create cable stitches.