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Another word for wire

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Noun

  1. A metal strand

  2. A metal net

    See also:

    net

    fence

  3. *A telegraphic message

Verb

  1. To install wire

    See also:

    electrify

  2. *To send a message by wire

    See also:

    notify

Idioms:

    down-to-the-wire

    2. get in under the wire

    3. pull wires

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Sentence Examples

  • The coils are wound with copper wire (covered with silk), 10 mils.

  • It's so much more effective than rope, or wire, or chains.

  • For a wire exposed under the conditions observed by Elster and Geitel the emanation seems to be almost entirely derived from radium.

  • Some of the containers had a thin wire running around but most were standing alone.

  • It is essential that the paper covering be loose, so as to ensure that each wire is enclosed in a coating not of paper only, but also of air; the wires in fact are really insulated from each other by the dry air, the loose paper acting merely as a separator to prevent them from coming into contact.

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