Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 4 compound words that contain cables. The most common are listed below. Open cables in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- power cablesplural of power cable: An insulated cable which carries electrical current.
- data cablesplural of data cable: Any cable allowing baseband transmissions in binary from a transmitter to a receiver.
- ribbon cablesplural of ribbon cable: A cable with many conducting wires running parallel to each other on the same flat plane; often used for internal peripherals in a computer.
- jumper cablesplural of jumper cable: A pair of insulated electrical wires with alligator clips at each end (typically used to jump-start a car with a dead (flat) battery).
- coaxial cablesplural of coaxial cable: A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV.
- Bowden cablesplural of Bowden cable: A flexible cable used to transmit mechanical force by the movement of an inner cable (most commonly of steel) relative to a hollow outer housing.
- array cablesplural of array cable: Any of a set of submarine power cables connecting wind turbines in an offshore wind farm.
- cables upthird-person singular simple present indicative of cable up: To connect by inserting or installing a cable.
- chain cablesplural of chain cable: A cable composed of metal links.
- extension cablesplural of extension cable: A cable that can be used to extend a signal or power cable or move the connexion point for a signal or power source.
- stream cablesplural of stream cable: A hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas.
- Y cablesplural of Y cable: A forked cable typically used to split or recombine audiovisual signals.
- suicide cablesplural of suicide cable: A simple electrical cord with prongs on both ends; plugging one end into a live outlet (for example a generator) and the other end into a dead outlet (in a house with no power) allows power to be injected from the …
- starter cablesplural of starter cable: A pair of insulated electrical wires with alligator clips at each end (typically used to jump-start a car with a dead (flat) battery).
- IDE cablesplural of IDE cable: A 40-pin parallel cable used between personal computers and storage devices.
- booster cablesplural of booster cable: A pair of insulated electrical wires with alligator clips at each end (typically used to jump-start a car with a dead (flat) battery).
- SATA cablesplural of SATA cable: A particular high-speed serial cable
- screened cablesplural of screened cable: Wire for the transmission of electricity or electronic signals, protected by an enclosing web of earthed wire mesh to avoid electromagnetic interference from (or to) other signals.
- crossover cablesplural of crossover cable: A cable, especially an Ethernet cable, that allows two devices of the same kind, such as two computers, to be connected directly.
- kettle cablesplural of kettle cable: The standard IEC 60320 C15/C16 coupler lead, used to power electric kettles etc.
- rollover cablesplural of rollover cable: A kind of cable used to connect consoles to computers, having the pinouts on one end reversed with respect to the other.
- male-to-male cablesplural of male-to-male cable: A simple electrical cord with prongs on both ends; plugging one end into a live outlet (for example a generator) and the other end into a dead outlet (in a house with no power) allows power to be injected from …
- octopus cablesplural of octopus cable: A set of grouped cables offering different types of connector.
- shielded cablesplural of shielded cable: Wire for the transmission of electricity or electronic signals, protected by an enclosing web of earthed wire mesh to avoid electromagnetic interference from (or to) other signals.
- wye cablesplural of wye cable: A forked cable typically used to split or recombine audiovisual signals.
Compound words 4
- cascablesplural of cascable: Alternative form of cascabel (knob at end of cannon)
- educablesplural of educable: Capable of being educated.
- multicablesplural of multicable: Having or pertaining to more than one electrical cable.
- nanocablesplural of nanocable: A nanoscale cable (typically constructed from a carbon nanotube coated with titanium dioxide)