"conducting wire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: conducting wires [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} conducting wire (plural conducting wires)
  1. Any metal wire used to carry electricity over a short or long distance. Translations (metal wire used to carry electricity over a short or long distance): 導線 (Chinese Mandarin), 导线 (dǎoxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 傳導線 (Chinese Mandarin), 传导线 (chuándǎoxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), johdin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-conducting_wire-en-noun-Yu9sESJ5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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