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• Wire rope — consists of several strands laid (or twisted ) together like a helix. Each strand is likewise made of metal wires laid together like a helix. Initially wrought iron wires were used, but today steel is the main material used for wire ropes.History …   Wikipedia

• Wire — Wire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiring}.] 1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. [1913 Webster] 2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. [1913 Webster] 3. To snare …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wire — [waɪə ǁ waɪr] verb [transitive] 1. to send money electronically from one bank to another: • Prosecutors said Burks moved $45,000 to his girlfriend and wired $13,300 to a bank account in Florida. 2. also wire something up to connect something to a …   Financial and business terms

• Building 20 — was the name used to refer to the building on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, originally as a temporary structure, during World War II. It housed the Radiation Laboratory (or Rad Lab ), where fundamental advances in… …   Wikipedia

• Wire Lock — is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Hungerford, Berkshire, England.Wire Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury. The canal is administered by British Waterways.It is a grade II… …   Wikipedia

• building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …   Universalium

• wire — wirable, adj. wirelike, adj. /wuyeur/, n., adj., v., wired, wiring. n. 1. a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals… …   Universalium

• wire — n. & v. n. 1 a metal drawn out into the form of a thread or thin flexible rod. b a piece of this. c (attrib.) made of wire. 2 a length or quantity of wire used for fencing or to carry an electric current etc. 3 esp. US colloq. a telegram or… …   Useful english dictionary

• wire — [[t]wa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ wires, wiring, wired 1) N VAR A wire is a long thin piece of metal that is used to fasten things or to carry electric current. ...fine copper wire. ...gadgets which detect electrical wires, pipes and timbers in walls. 2) N… …   English dictionary

• Wire Opera House — The Wire Opera House s auditorium. The Ópera de Arame, in Portuguese, or the Wire Opera House, in English, is a theatre house located in the city of Curitiba, the capital of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. It is one of the major tourist… …   Wikipedia

• wire — wire1 W3S3 [waıə US waır] n [: Old English; Origin: wir] 1.) [U and C] thin metal in the form of a thread, or a piece of this ▪ copper wire ▪ a wire fence →↑barbed wire, ↑high wire, ↑ …   Dictionary of contemporary English