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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