Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
2. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
3. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
4. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
5. (nautical) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship.
6. (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
7. Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
8. A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
9. (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
10. (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
11. (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide with cable(s)
2. (transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
3. (transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
4. (transitive) To send a telegram by cable
5. (intransitive) To communicate by cable
6. (architecture, transitive) To ornament with cabling.