Main Entry:: ¹ca·ble
Pronunciation:: \ˈkā-bəl\
Function:: noun
Usage:: often attributive
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin capulum lasso, from Latin capere to take — more at heave
Date:: 13th century

1 a: a strong rope especially of 10 inches (25 centimeters) or more in circumference b: a cable-laid rope c: a wire rope or metal chain of great tensile strength d: a wire or wire rope by which force is exerted to control or operate a mechanism2: cable length3 a: an assembly of electrical conductors insulated from each other but laid up together (as by being twisted around a central core) b: cablegram; also : a radio message or telegram4: something resembling or fashioned like a cable <a fiber-optic cable>5: cable television <a house with cable>

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