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• Wire — For other uses, see Wire (disambiguation). Wires overhead A wire is a single, usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads and to carry electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly… …   Wikipedia

• 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 Binding — is one of the most popular commercial book binding methods used in North America and is known by a number of different names including twin loop wire, wire o, double loop wire, double o, ring wire and wirebind. With this binding method, users… …   Wikipedia

• Wire recording — A Peirce 55 B dictation wire recorder from 1945 …   Wikipedia

• Wire saw — A wire saw A wire saw is a machine using a metal wire or cable for cutting. There are two types of wire saw machines: continuous (or endless or loop) and oscillating (or reciprocating). Sometimes the wire itself is referred to as a blade . The… …   Wikipedia

• wire — I n. long metal thread 1) to string wire 2) barbed; chicken; copper wire 3) a trip wire cable conducting electric current 4) to cross, jump wires (in order to start a car) 5) to tap wires 6) telephone wires cablegram, telegram 7) to send a wire… …   Combinatory dictionary

• 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]waɪər[/t]] n. adj. v. wired, wir•ing 1) mel a slender, stringlike piece or filament of metal 2) bui such pieces as a material 3) elm a length of such material used as a conductor of current in electrical, cable, telegraph, or telephone… …   From formal English to slang

• wire wool — noun a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive • Syn: ↑steel wool • Hypernyms: ↑abrasive, ↑abradant, ↑abrasive material * * * wire wool noun A mass of very fine wire for scouring • • • Main Entry …   Useful english dictionary

• wire — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīr; akin to Old High German wiara fine gold work, Latin viēre to plait, and probably to Greek iris rainbow Date: before 12th century 1. a. metal in the form of a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary