stranding
- noun
- /ˈstrændɪŋ/
- Specialized
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trenzado
- The technician showed us how to connect the cable by twisting the core strands together to ensure a strong signal.
Examples
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All right, so we just pull these strands out and that's how we're able to put our cable in, I guess.
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Here's an example, here's a schematic showing these polymer network, these strands of polymer.
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These are by Urban Decay and they come into like strands of three, so it like gets the job done quicker.
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And then as the sugar falls from the utensil, it'll form these strands that then become spun sugar.
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Through the bound cable strands, the arching path upward, veering with light, the flight of strings.
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To create a sturdy rope, the fibers are combined into several thick strands before they are braided.
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The artist skillfully wove together colored strands of yarn to create a beautiful tapestry.
Synonyms
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3.1
Making yarn by pulling and twisting fibers
A state in which things are twisted or woven closely together
The action of crossing three parts of hair, straw, or rope so they form one long piece
Surface Forms
Morphology
stranding = strand (transparent) = strand + ing
A standard deverbal nominalization from the verb 'strand' referring to the process or result of forming strands, so the meaning is directly derivable.
Etymology
Stranding also comes from the root strand, which means 'a single thread' like a 'strand of hair'. To 'strand' threads together is to twist them, so stranding is the process of twisting wires or fibers to make a cable.