cable

English

/keɪ.bl/

noun
Definitions
  • (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
  • (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
  • A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
  • (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
  • (unit) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
  • (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
  • (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
  • (knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cable derived from cable derived from Latin capulum (lasso, rope, halter, handle, hilt), capiō (take, seize, capture, contain, I capture, I seize, I hold, I take, understand, hold, I seize upon, grasp, am large enough for, I lay hold of) root from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂p-

Gloss

seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold

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