- conducting wire
Wikipedia foundation.
conducting wire
Look at other dictionaries:
conducting wire — noun a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑wire • Derivationally related forms: ↑wire (for: ↑wire) • Hypernyms: ↑conductor … Useful english dictionary
wire — 1. noun /waɪə/ a) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. This election is going to go right to the wire b) A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable Syn: cable … Wiktionary
wire — [wīr] n. [ME < OE wir, akin to LowG wīr < IE * weir < base * wei , to bend, turn > WITHE, Gr iris, rainbow, L vitis, vine] 1. metal that has been drawn into a very long, thin thread or rod, usually circular in cross section 2. a… … English World dictionary
Wire nut — [http://www.idealindustries.com/wt/TwistOnWireConnectors.nsf] is a registered trademark of [http://www.idealindustries.com Ideal Industries] for a twist on wire connector. These connectors are used to fasten two or more electrical conductors… … Wikipedia
wire — I n. long metal thread 1) to string wire 2) barbed; chicken; copper wire 3) a trip wire cable conducting electric current 4) to cross, jump wires (in order to start a car) 5) to tap wires 6) telephone wires cablegram, telegram 7) to send a wire… … Combinatory dictionary
wire — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīr; akin to Old High German wiara fine gold work, Latin viēre to plait, and probably to Greek iris rainbow Date: before 12th century 1. a. metal in the form of a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
American wire gauge — (AWG), also known as the Brown Sharpe wire gauge, is a standardized wire gauge system used since 1857 predominantly in the United States for the diameters of round, solid, nonferrous, electrically conducting wire. [ASTM Standard B 258 02,… … Wikipedia
Quantum wire — In condensed matter physics, a quantum wire is an electrically conducting wire, in which quantum effects are affecting transport properties. Due to the confinement of conduction electrons in the transverse direction of the wire, their transverse… … Wikipedia
telephone wire — noun the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑telephone line, ↑telegraph wire, ↑telegraph line • Hypernyms: ↑wire, ↑conducting wire • Hy … Useful english dictionary
telegraph wire — noun the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals • Syn: ↑telephone wire, ↑telephone line, ↑telegraph line • Hypernyms: ↑wire, ↑conducting wire • Hyponyms: ↑teleph … Useful english dictionary
