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cable

CEFR: B1
A thick, heavily insulated bundle of conducting copper wires or optical fibers laid across seabeds or suspended for telecommunications.

Synonyms

  • conduit
  • transmission line

Example Sentence

Laying the first submarine telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean linked European and North American stock markets instantaneously.

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