cable

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cable/ˈkeɪbl/

▶noun

• 1 a thick rope of wire or hemp, typically used for construction, mooring ships, and towing vehicles.

  ■ the chain of a ship's anchor.

  ■ (also cable moulding) Architecture a moulding resembling twisted rope.

• 2 an insulated wire or wires having a protective casing and used for transmitting electricity or telecommunication signals.

• 3 a cablegram.

• 4 Nautical a length of 200 yards (182.9 m) or (in the US) 240 yards (219.4 m).

▶verb

• 1 dated send a cablegram to.

• 2 provide (an area) with power lines or other equipment necessary for cable television.

– origin ME: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. var. of OFr. chable, from late L. capulum ‘halter’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
extension/ɪkˈstenʃn/

▶noun

• 1 the action or process of extending.

  ■ an additional period of time given to someone to hold office or fulfil an obligation.

  ■ Brit. permission granted to licensed premises for the sale of alcoholic drinks until later than usual.

• 2 a part added to something to enlarge or prolong it.

  ■ (extensions) lengths of long artificial hair woven into a person's own hair.

• 3 a subsidiary telephone, especially one with its own additional number on a line leading from a main switchboard.

• 4 (Brit. also extension lead or cable US also extension cord) a length of electric cable which enables appliances to be used at a distance from a fixed socket.

• 5 [as modifier] denoting instruction by a university or college for those who are not full-time students.

• 6 the extending of a limb from a bent to a straight position.

  ■ Ballet the ability of a dancer to raise one leg above the waist, especially to the side.

• 7 Logic the range of a term or concept as measured by the objects which it denotes or contains. Often contrasted with intension.

• 8 Physics & Philosophy the property of occupying space.

– derivatives
extensional adjective.

– origin ME: from late L. extensio(n-), from extendere (see extend).