Plural / 3rd person of cable. Showing the entry for cable.
cable
noun
a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
a television system transmitted over cables
verb
Origin
Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.
Phrases
- array cable
- basic cable
- belted cable
- booster cable
- Bowden cable
- cable box
- cable buoy
- cable car
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