CABLES

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Definition

noun
  1. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
  2. (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
    “I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.”
  3. A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
  4. A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
  5. (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
verb
  1. To provide with cable(s)
  2. To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
  3. To wrap wires to form a cable
  4. To send a telegram by cable
  5. To communicate by cable

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