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2. a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges.
3. a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism.
4. Nautical . a. a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain.
5. Electricity .
9. Architecture .
–verb (used with object) 10. to send (a message) by cable.
11. to send a cablegram to.
12. to fasten with a cable.
13. to furnish with a cable.
14. to join (cities, parts of a country, etc.) by means of a cable television network: The state will be completely cabled in a few years.
–verb (used without object) 15. to send a message by cable.
[Origin:
1175–1225; ME, prob. < ONF
*cable < LL
capulum lasso; cf. L
capulāre to rope, halter (cattle), akin to
capere to take
]
—Related forms ca·ble·like, adjective
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A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope.
Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.
A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship.
A cable length.
Electricity A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.Nautical A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship.
A cable length.
A cablegram.
Cable television.
ca·bled , ca·bling , ca·bles
tr.
To send a cablegram to.
To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
To supply or fasten with a cable or cables.
intr.
capulum , lasso , from Latin capere , to seize ; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
ca'bler n.
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c.1205, from O.N.Fr., from M.L.
capulum "lasso, rope, halter," from L.
capere "to take, seize" (see
capable ). Technically, in nautical use, a rope 10 or more inches around (smaller ones being
hawsers ); in non-nautical use, a rope of wire (not hemp or fiber). Meaning "message received by telegraphic cable" is from 1883.
Cablese is from 1895: "Since cablegrams had to be paid for by the word and even press rates were expensive the practice was to affix Latin prefixes and suffixes to make one word do the work of several" [Daniel Schorr].
Cable car is from 1887.
Cable television first attested 1963; shortened form
cable is from 1972.
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Share This cable noun 1. a telegram sent abroad 2. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power 3. a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire 4. a nautical unit of depth 5. television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver [syn: cable television ] 6. a television system that transmits over cables verb 1. send cables, wires, or telegrams 2. fasten with a cable; "cable trees"
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Share This cable 1 [ˈkeibl] noun
(a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything,
especially a ship
Arabic: حَبْل، كابِل Chinese (Simplified): 缆 Chinese (Traditional): 纜 Czech: lano, kotevní lano Danish: kabel; trosse Dutch: kabel Estonian: tross, kaabel, kett Finnish: köysi, kettinki French: câble German: das Tau Greek: παλαμάρι Hungarian: kötél Icelandic: kaðall, keðja, festar Indonesian: kabel Italian: fune, cavo, gomena
Japanese: 太いつな Korean: 닻줄 Latvian: trose, tauva Lithuanian: trosas Norwegian: tau, trosse Polish: lina Portuguese (Brazil): cabo Portuguese (Portugal): cabo Romanian: cablu, parâmă Russian: канат Slovak: lano Slovenian: žična vrv Spanish: cable Swedish: vajer, kätting, tåg Turkish: halat, zincir, palamar
cable 2 [ˈkeibl] noun
(a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals
Example:
They are laying (a) new cable.
Arabic: سِلْك كهربائي Chinese (Simplified): 电缆 Chinese (Traditional): 電纜 Czech: kabel Danish: kabel Dutch: elektriciteitskabel Estonian: kaabel Finnish: kaapeli French: câble German: das Kabel Greek: καλώδιο Hungarian: kábel Icelandic: kapall, leiðsla Indonesian: kabel Italian: cavo
Japanese: 電線 Korean: 케이블 Latvian: kabelis Lithuanian: kabelis Norwegian: kabel, ledning Polish: kabel Portuguese (Brazil): cabo Portuguese (Portugal): cabo Romanian: cablu Russian: кабель Slovak: kábel Slovenian: kabel Spanish: cable Swedish: kabel, ledning Turkish: hat, kablo
cable 3 [ˈkeibl] noun
(a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge
etc
Arabic: حَبْل حَديدي للجُسور Chinese (Simplified): 索 Chinese (Traditional): 索 Czech: ocelové lano Danish: wire Dutch: draadkabel Estonian: vaier Finnish: vaijeri French: câble German: das Drahtseil Greek: συρματόσκοινο Hungarian: sodrony Icelandic: vírkaðall Indonesian: kabel Italian: cavo
Japanese: ケーブル Korean: 케이블, 강삭 Latvian: vants Lithuanian: lynas Norwegian: kabel, vaier Polish: lina Portuguese (Brazil): cabo Portuguese (Portugal): cabo Romanian: cablu Russian: трос Slovak: oceľové lano Slovenian: žična vrv Spanish: cable Swedish: vajer Turkish: kablo, tel halat
cable 4 [ˈkeibl] noun
(
also ˈcablegram ) a telegram sent by cable
Arabic: رِسالةٌ بَرْقِيَّه Chinese (Simplified): 电报 Chinese (Traditional): 電報 Czech: kabelogram Danish: telegram Dutch: telegram Estonian: (kaabli)telegramm Finnish: kaapelisähke French: câblogramme German: das (Übersee-)telegramm Greek: τηλεγράφημα Hungarian: kábel Icelandic: símskeyti Indonesian: telegram Italian: cablogramma
Japanese: 外電 Korean: 해저 전신, 해외 전보 Latvian: telegramma Lithuanian: telegrama Norwegian: telegram Polish: telegram, depesza Portuguese (Brazil): cabograma Portuguese (Portugal): cabograma Romanian: telegramă Russian: телеграмма Slovak: kábelogram Slovenian: kabelska brzojavka Spanish: cablegrama, telegrama Swedish: kabeltelegram Turkish: telgraf
cable 5 [ˈkeibl] noun
cable television
Arabic: تلفزيون كوابل Chinese (Simplified): 有线电视 Chinese (Traditional): 有線電視 Czech: kabelová televize Danish: kabelfjernsyn Estonian: kaabeltelevisioon French: (télévision par) câble Greek: καλωδιακή τηλεόραση Hungarian: kábeltelevízió Indonesian: televisi kabel Italian: cavo, via cavo* Korean: 유선 텔레비전
Latvian: kabeļtelevīzija Lithuanian: kabelinė televizija Norwegian: kabelfjernsyn Polish: telewizja kablowa Portuguese (Brazil): televisão a cabo Russian: кабельное телевидение Slovak: káblová televízia Slovenian: kabelska televizija Spanish: televisión por cable Swedish: kabeltelevision Turkish: kablolu televizyon
cable [ˈkeibl] verb
to telegraph by cable
Example:
I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.
Arabic: يُبرق ، يُرْسِلُ بَرْقِيَّه Chinese (Simplified): 发电报 Chinese (Traditional): 發電報 Czech: kabelovat Danish: telegrafere Dutch: telegraferen Estonian: telegrafeerima Finnish: sähköttää, lähettää sähke French: câbler German: telegraphieren Hungarian: kábelez Icelandic: senda símskeyti Indonesian: kirim telegram Italian: cablare Japanese: 外電を打つ
Korean: 해외 전보를 치다 Latvian: telegrafēt Lithuanian: siųsti telegrafu Norwegian: telegrafere Polish: telegrafować Portuguese (Brazil): telegrafar Portuguese (Portugal): telegrafar Romanian: a telegrafia Russian: телеграфировать Slovak: kábelovať Slovenian: brzojaviti Spanish: cablegrafiar Swedish: telegrafera Turkish: telgraf çekmek
See also: cable-car ,
cable television, cable TV
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Ca"ble\ (k[=a]"b'l), n. [F. c[^a]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See
Capable .]
1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also
cable molding .
Bower cable , the cable belonging to the bower anchor.
Cable road , a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor.
Cable's length , the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile).
Cable tier . (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable.
Sheet cable , the cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
Stream cable , a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas.
Submarine cable . See
Telegraph .
To pay out the cable ,
To veer out the cable , to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole.
To serve the cable , to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et.
To slip the cable , to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.
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Ca"ble\ (k[=a]"b'l), v. t. 1. To fasten with a cable.
2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See
Cabling .
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Ca"ble\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Cabled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Cabling (-bl[o^]ng).] To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent]
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