Meaning of cable | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
   countable, uncountable
2. A long object used to make a physical connection.
   material
3. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
   material
4. A long object used to make a physical connection. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope
5. A place in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
6. A census-designated place in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois.
   countable, uncountable
7. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
   material
8. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope
9. An unincorporated community in Haven Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota.
   countable, uncountable
10. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
    material
11. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes
12. An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio.
    countable, uncountable
13. A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
    material
14. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated
15. A town and census-designated place therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
16. A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
17. A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship
18. Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
19. A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
20. A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
21. 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
22. The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
23. A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
24. A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.

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Examples

““And now the time of tide has come⟳; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea.”

“I tried to watch⟳ the movie last⟳ night but my cable was out.”

“If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control⟳ 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need⟳ to consider⟳ Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry⟳.”

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