Look up: cable

1. Cable
   Exchange rate between British pounds sterling and the U.S.$.
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2. cable
   A nautical unit of horizontal distance, equal to 600 feet (100 fathoms ) and approximately one-tenth of a nautical mile .
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3. Cable
   A term used in the foreign-exchange market for the US dollar/British pound rate.
   Found on http://www.exchange-handbook.co.uk/index
   
   
4. Cable
   If you have a cable provider serving your house, you may be able to get a cable set-top box
   Found on http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/glossary.
   
   
5. cable
   [n] - a nautical unit of depth 2. [n] - a telegram sent abroad 3. [n] - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power 4. [n] - a television system transmitted over cables 5. [n] - a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire 6. [v]...
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6. Cable
   Electrical cord used in circuiting lighting equipment needing electricity.
   Found on http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/technica
   
   
7. Cable
   The generic name given to services which use fibre optic cable buried underground to carry telephone, television and broadband to your home.
   Found on http://www.everlands.co.uk/glossary.htm
   
   
8. Cable
   Foreign Exchange jargon for the UK Pound v US Dollar exchange rate. Alludes to the cable laid under the Atlantic, which linked the tickertape machines in New York and London.
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9. Cable
   A cable construction whereby one or more optical fibres are contained within a jacket, which may also contain a variety of strengthening and other protective materials.
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10. Cable
    The sterling/dollar exchange rate. Usually quoted in terms of dollar a pound...more on Cable
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11. Cable
    a measurement of distance, 10 cables = 1 NM
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12. cable
    A transmission line or group of transmission lines mechanically assembled in compact flexible form. Category: Management in the public and private sector • the assembly of conductors,insulated from one another and enclosed in a common binding or sheathing,and having some degree of flexib...
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13. Cable
    A set of insulated wires or conductors within an extruded jacket. Many types of cable utilise shielding around the wires and under the cable jacket.
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14. Cable
    Ca'ble (kā'b'l) noun [ French câble , Late Latin capulum , caplum , a rope, from Latin capere to take; confer D., Dan., & German kabel , from the French. See Capable .] 1. A large, strong rope ...
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15. Cable
    Ca'ble (kā'b'l) transitive verb 1. To fasten with a cable. 2. (Architecture) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling .
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16. Cable
    Ca'ble transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Cabled (-b'ld); present participle & verbal noun Cabling (-blŏng).] To telegraph by a submarine cable [ Recent]
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17. cable
    cablegram noun a telegram sent abroad
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18. cable
    noun a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
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19. cable
    cable length noun a nautical unit of depth
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20. cable
    telegraph verb send cables, wires, or telegrams
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21. cable
    verb fasten with a cable; `cable trees`
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22. cable
    cable system noun a television system that transmits over cables
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23. cable
    noun a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
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24. Cable
    • (n.) 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. • (v. t.) To fasten with a cable. • (n.) A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protec...
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25. cable
    in engineering, either an assemblage of three or more ropes twisted together for extra strength or a rope made by twisting together several strands ... [5 related articles]
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