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cable

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Source Word

cable

IPA(Pronunciation)

/keɪ.bl/

Noun

material abbreviation alt-of

Japanese Meaning

頑丈で太いワイヤまたはロープ（またはそれに類似するもの） / 複数のケーブルが組み合わされたもの

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The bridge was secured by a massive cable that gleamed in the afternoon sun.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その橋は午後の太陽にきらめく頑丈な太いワイヤーロープで固定されていた。

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Sense（1）

A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.

Sense（2）

An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.

Sense（3）

Sense（4）

(nautical) A 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.

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Sense（5）

(communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.

Sense（6）

Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.

Sense（7）

A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.

Sense（8）

(nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.

Sense（9）

(unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.

Sense（10）

(finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.

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Sense（12）

(knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.

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