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CONDUCTING WIRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
Synonyms:
conducting wire; wire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("conducting wire" is a kind of...):
conductor (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conducting wire"):
filament (a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current)
booster cable; jumper cable; jumper lead; lead (a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire)
lead-in (wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line)
patchcord (a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard)
telegraph line; telegraph wire; telephone line; telephone wire (the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals)
