coaxial cable
noun
: a transmission line that consists of a tube of electrically conducting material surrounding a central conductor held in place by insulators and that is used to transmit telegraph, telephone, television, and Internet signals
called also coax cable
Examples of coaxial cable in a Sentence
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Police previously said that Clarisa Figueroa used a coaxial cable to strangle Ochoa-Lopez and then cut the baby from her womb.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2024
In a token bus LAN, a coaxial cable connects all the network’s computers, but the wiring doesn’t control the order in which the computers pass the token.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
Ethernet, meanwhile, had become synonymous with coaxial cable connections that used a method called carrier sense multiple access with collision detection for managing transmissions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
Around him, an army of electricians run BX and coaxial cable in open walls, contractors balance on stepladders, white couches are still wrapped in plastic, bathrooms are unfinished.
—Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
Simply branching the thick coaxial cable wasn't possible; that would do bad things to the data signals.
—Iljitsch Van Beijnum, Ars Technica, 29 June 2023
Using coaxial cables rather than radio waves would allow faster transmission of data and limit interference.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Nov. 2023
Due to a faulty communication coaxial cable connector, the rearview camera image may not appear on the display.
—Reuters, NBC News, 23 June 2023
Honda said the issue can be attributed to a defective coaxial cable connector, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 23 June 2023
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2024
In a token bus LAN, a coaxial cable connects all the network’s computers, but the wiring doesn’t control the order in which the computers pass the token.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
Ethernet, meanwhile, had become synonymous with coaxial cable connections that used a method called carrier sense multiple access with collision detection for managing transmissions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
Around him, an army of electricians run BX and coaxial cable in open walls, contractors balance on stepladders, white couches are still wrapped in plastic, bathrooms are unfinished.
—Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
Simply branching the thick coaxial cable wasn't possible; that would do bad things to the data signals.
—Iljitsch Van Beijnum, Ars Technica, 29 June 2023
Using coaxial cables rather than radio waves would allow faster transmission of data and limit interference.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Nov. 2023
Due to a faulty communication coaxial cable connector, the rearview camera image may not appear on the display.
—Reuters, NBC News, 23 June 2023
Honda said the issue can be attributed to a defective coaxial cable connector, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 23 June 2023
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