CONDUCTING WIRE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

Synonyms:

conducting wire; wire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("conducting wire" is a kind of...):

conductor (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conducting wire"):

filament (a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current)

booster cable; jumper cable; jumper lead; lead (a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire)

lead-in (wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line)

patchcord (a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard)

telegraph line; telegraph wire; telephone line; telephone wire (the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals)