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a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things
a mass of cables connecting the office computers to the main server
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Its battery and power systems feature an extra-large quick-release battery, supporting about two hours of battery life, and the robot’s design includes hollow joint wiring, eliminating the need for external cables.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
It's been employed to move information from place to place by means of fiber optic cables for decades.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
This nifty electronic carrying case has multiple mesh pockets inside specifically designed to keep your earbuds, flash drives, charging cables, phones, and hard drives organized.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Gadgets are a mainstay of the cheap gifts category, from USB cables to tiny speakers to disposable cameras.
—Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
Both pairs of headphones are supplied with two cables.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Technicians strung cables connecting multiple households in a neighborhood to a source satellite dish.
—Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
This allowed several cables to pull out of the sockets, ultimately causing the platform to plummet into the reflector more than 400 feet below, according to the report.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
The zinc gradually lost its hold on the cables suspending the telescope’s main platform over the reflector dish.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
It's been employed to move information from place to place by means of fiber optic cables for decades.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
This nifty electronic carrying case has multiple mesh pockets inside specifically designed to keep your earbuds, flash drives, charging cables, phones, and hard drives organized.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Gadgets are a mainstay of the cheap gifts category, from USB cables to tiny speakers to disposable cameras.
—Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
Both pairs of headphones are supplied with two cables.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Technicians strung cables connecting multiple households in a neighborhood to a source satellite dish.
—Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
This allowed several cables to pull out of the sockets, ultimately causing the platform to plummet into the reflector more than 400 feet below, according to the report.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
The zinc gradually lost its hold on the cables suspending the telescope’s main platform over the reflector dish.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Cables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cables. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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