"wiring loom" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wiring looms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wiring loom (plural wiring looms)
  1. (electrical) A wiring harness; a bundle of wires, tied together but not enclosed in a rigid conduit, that transmit signals or electrical current within a device.
    Sense id: en-wiring_loom-en-noun-rVt4vG9r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. An insulating tube used to bundle individual wires into a wiring harness.
    Sense id: en-wiring_loom-en-noun-DP8WvORR

Inflected forms

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