Meaning of Trunking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. All the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building.
   countable, uncountable
2. The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations.
   countable, uncountable
3. A system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation.
   UK, countable, uncountable
4. Plastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring.
   UK, countable, uncountable
5. A two-way radio technique that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“But long-distance trunking, of course, is the cream of the road haulier's job as well as the railway's; hence the anguish.”

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