friction tape


noun
  1. a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.

Origin of friction tape

1
First recorded in 1915–20

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How to use friction tape in a sentence

  • Once it was necessary to use two types of tape on splices—rubber tape with friction tape over it.

  • The joint should now be covered with a layer of rubber tape and this covered with a layer of ordinary friction tape.

  • The soldered joint is then covered with rubber tape, and over this ordinary friction tape is wound on.

    Electricity for the farm | Frederick Irving Anderson
  • It was not necessary to insulate this with anything heavier than friction tape, as this was to be only a temporary installation.

  • He withdrew one hand and searched the kit for friction tape.

    Tight Squeeze | Dean Charles Ing

British Dictionary definitions for friction tape

friction tape

noun
  1. US and Canadian adhesive tape, impregnated with a moisture-repelling substance, used to insulate exposed electrical conductors: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): insulating tape

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