"punchdown" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from punch down.",
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          "name": "Telecommunications",
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        "A kind of electrical connection often used in telephony, having solid copper wires that are punched down into short open-ended slots which are a type of insulation-displacement connector. The slots contain blades which cut through the wire's insulation as it is punched down, and hold the wire in position while making electrical contact."
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          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ],
        [
          "telephony",
          "telephony"
        ],
        [
          "slot",
          "slot"
        ],
        [
          "insulation",
          "insulation"
        ],
        [
          "displacement",
          "displacement"
        ],
        [
          "connector",
          "connector"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "contact",
          "contact"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(telecommunications) A kind of electrical connection often used in telephony, having solid copper wires that are punched down into short open-ended slots which are a type of insulation-displacement connector. The slots contain blades which cut through the wire's insulation as it is punched down, and hold the wire in position while making electrical contact."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "punch block"
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        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications"
      ],
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        "Punch-down block"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "punchdown"
}

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  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Telecommunications"
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        "A kind of electrical connection often used in telephony, having solid copper wires that are punched down into short open-ended slots which are a type of insulation-displacement connector. The slots contain blades which cut through the wire's insulation as it is punched down, and hold the wire in position while making electrical contact."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telecommunications",
          "telecommunications"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ],
        [
          "telephony",
          "telephony"
        ],
        [
          "slot",
          "slot"
        ],
        [
          "insulation",
          "insulation"
        ],
        [
          "displacement",
          "displacement"
        ],
        [
          "connector",
          "connector"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "contact",
          "contact"
        ]
      ],
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        "(telecommunications) A kind of electrical connection often used in telephony, having solid copper wires that are punched down into short open-ended slots which are a type of insulation-displacement connector. The slots contain blades which cut through the wire's insulation as it is punched down, and hold the wire in position while making electrical contact."
      ],
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        {
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      ],
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        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications"
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}