coaxial cable
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- noun
- /koʊˈæk.si.əl ˈkeɪ.bəl/
- Specialized
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cable coaxial
- Sensoplex is a remote I/O system designed to provide cost savings in the installation of sensors and actuators by providing direct interconnection of field devices to a controller via a single coaxial cable.
Or that loose camera, that coaxial cable for the camera to the back of the vehicle, the rear view camera.
- Or that loose camera, that coaxial cable for the camera to the back of the vehicle, the rear view camera.
Examples
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Or that loose camera, that coaxial cable for the camera to the back of the vehicle, the rear view camera.
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Is this a computer monitor with a card in the computer and a coaxial cable attached to it?
Blog text (34) -
"Four feet of coaxial cable?"
Fiction book (2001) -
The paper announced: "Network television comes to Savannah through a combination of the coaxial cable and radio relay."
Academic text (2007) -
The signal can be broadcast using traditional terrestrial techniques or through the coaxial cable currently installed in many homes.
Academic text (1998) -
A coaxial cable interfaces the cuff unit to a personal computer.
Academic text (1994) -
"Once the signals arrived in Savannah, they were sent under Savannah streets in coaxial cable to the local television station."
Academic text (2007) -
The rack terminated two fat coaxial cables, one tagged "UniNet" and the other "Lab."
Fiction book (2002) -
Fifty feet up, she attaches her infrared video camera to the tower crossbars and, using a length of coaxial cable, hooks its RF output to the feedline of the community TV antenna.
Fiction book (1993) -
You can connect your television to the cable box using a coaxial cable for clearer reception.
Synonyms
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A cable with a wire inside used to send television and internet signals
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Wires wrapped in a covering that carry electricity to devices
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A cable with a metal shield and central wire that carries TV and internet signals
How High-Frequency
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is transparently built from the adjective 'coaxial' (sharing the same axis) plus 'cable' (a wire), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it is a cable with concentric/shared-axis construction. Although somewhat technical, the adjective+noun composition follows ordinary semantics and is cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Coaxial cable is named for its shape: a thin inner wire sits inside a tube-like outer wire, so both parts share the 'same center'. That inner-and-outer design helps the cable carry 'signals' with less loss, which is why the name describes this kind of cable.