"coaxial cable" meaning in English

See coaxial cable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: coaxial cables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coaxial cable (plural coaxial cables)
  1. (electronics, telecommunications) A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV. Wikipedia link: coaxial cable Categories (topical): Connectors, Electronics, Telecommunications Synonyms: coax, coax cable Translations (a transmission line): 同軸電纜 (Chinese Mandarin), 同轴电缆 (tóngzhóu diànlǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), koaksialkabel [neuter] (Danish), koaksiaalikaapeli (Finnish), coax [masculine] (French), coaxial [masculine] (French), câble coaxial [masculine] (French), Koaxialkabel [neuter] (German), Koaxkabel [neuter] (German), ομοαξονικό καλώδιο (omoaxonikó kalódio) [neuter] (Greek), samása kapall (Icelandic), 同軸ケーブル (dōjiku kēburu) (Japanese), cabo coaxial [masculine] (Portuguese), cablu coaxial [neuter] (Romanian), коаксиа́льный ка́бель (koaksiálʹnyj kábelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), коаксиа́л (koaksiál) [masculine] (Russian), коаксијалац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), koaksijalac [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), koaxialkabel [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for coaxial cable meaning in English (5.4kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "coaxial cable (plural coaxial cables)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Connectors",
          "orig": "en:Connectors",
          "parents": [
            "Electronics",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Electronics",
          "orig": "en:Electronics",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Telecommunications",
          "orig": "en:Telecommunications",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV."
      ],
      "id": "en-coaxial_cable-en-noun-m-mbbUsl",
      "links": [
        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
        [
          "telecommunications",
          "telecommunications"
        ],
        [
          "transmission line",
          "transmission line"
        ],
        [
          "conducting wire",
          "conducting wire"
        ],
        [
          "insulated",
          "insulated"
        ],
        [
          "spacer",
          "spacer"
        ],
        [
          "cylindrical",
          "cylindrical"
        ],
        [
          "conducting",
          "conducting"
        ],
        [
          "sheath",
          "sheath"
        ],
        [
          "high frequency",
          "high frequency"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ],
        [
          "TV",
          "TV"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electronics, telecommunications) A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "coax"
        },
        {
          "word": "coax cable"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics",
        "telecommunications"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "word": "同軸電纜"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tóngzhóu diànlǎn",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "word": "同轴电缆"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "koaksialkabel"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "word": "koaksiaalikaapeli"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "coax"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "coaxial"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "câble coaxial"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Koaxialkabel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Koaxkabel"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "omoaxonikó kalódio",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ομοαξονικό καλώδιο"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "word": "samása kapall"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dōjiku kēburu",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "word": "同軸ケーブル"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cabo coaxial"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cablu coaxial"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "koaksiálʹnyj kábelʹ",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "коаксиа́льный ка́бель"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "koaksiál",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "коаксиа́л"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "коаксијалац"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "koaksijalac"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a transmission line",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "koaxialkabel"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "coaxial cable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "coaxial cable"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "coaxial cables",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "coaxial cable (plural coaxial cables)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Connectors",
        "en:Electronics",
        "en:Telecommunications"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
        [
          "telecommunications",
          "telecommunications"
        ],
        [
          "transmission line",
          "transmission line"
        ],
        [
          "conducting wire",
          "conducting wire"
        ],
        [
          "insulated",
          "insulated"
        ],
        [
          "spacer",
          "spacer"
        ],
        [
          "cylindrical",
          "cylindrical"
        ],
        [
          "conducting",
          "conducting"
        ],
        [
          "sheath",
          "sheath"
        ],
        [
          "high frequency",
          "high frequency"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ],
        [
          "TV",
          "TV"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electronics, telecommunications) A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics",
        "telecommunications"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "coaxial cable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "coax"
    },
    {
      "word": "coax cable"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "word": "同軸電纜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngzhóu diànlǎn",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "word": "同轴电缆"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "koaksialkabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "word": "koaksiaalikaapeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coax"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coaxial"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "câble coaxial"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Koaxialkabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Koaxkabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "omoaxonikó kalódio",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ομοαξονικό καλώδιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "word": "samása kapall"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōjiku kēburu",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "word": "同軸ケーブル"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabo coaxial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cablu coaxial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koaksiálʹnyj kábelʹ",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коаксиа́льный ка́бель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koaksiál",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коаксиа́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коаксијалац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koaksijalac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a transmission line",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "koaxialkabel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coaxial cable"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.