cable vs strand

cable

noun
  • An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes. 

  • 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m. 

  • A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship. 

  • An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated. 

  • The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar. 

  • A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. 

  • A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable. 

  • A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables. 

  • A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile. 

  • A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another. 

  • A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope. 

verb
  • To communicate by cable 

  • To provide with cable(s) 

  • To ornament with cabling. 

  • To wrap wires to form a cable 

  • To fasten (as if) with cable(s) 

  • To create cable stitches. 

  • To send a telegram, news, etc., by cable 

strand

noun
  • A group of wires, usually twisted or braided. 

  • The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach. 

  • A small brook or rivulet. 

  • A passage for water; gutter. 

  • A nucleotide chain. 

  • A string. 

  • A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject. 

  • An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread. 

  • A street. 

  • An individual length of any fine, string-like substance. 

  • Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. 

verb
  • To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert. 

  • To form by uniting strands. 

  • To break a strand of (a rope). 

  • To run aground; to beach. 

  • To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base. 

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