/ˈkeɪ.bəl/
OriginRecorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.
- materialA strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- materialAn assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
- materialAn assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
- materialA strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
““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.”
- A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
“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),”
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsisEllipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
- A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
- The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
- A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
- A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
- transitiveTo provide (something) with cable(s).
- transitiveTo fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
- transitiveTo wrap (wires) to form a cable.
- transitiveTo send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
“Details of a bottle fight in El Morocco were cabled all over the world.”
“On 8th November Anthony cabled them, ‘Your great-grandson Randal Lewis Casson arrived to-day. Both well,’ and we sent, ‘Congratulations on becoming great-grandparents.’”
- intransitiveTo communicate by cable.
- transitiveTo ornament (something) with cabling.
- intransitiveTo create cable stitches.
“You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.”
- countable, uncountableA surname from Anglo-Norman.
- countable, uncountableA census-designated place in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Haven Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio.
- countable, uncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
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