copper cable

collocation in English

meaningsofcopperandcable

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copper
noun
uk
/ˈkɒp.ər/us
/ˈkɑː.pɚ/
a chemical element that is a reddish-brown metal, used especially for making wire ...
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cable
noun
uk
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/us
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/
a set of wires, covered by plastic, that carries electricity, phone ...
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(Definition ofcopperandcablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It will come mainly throughcoppercable.
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All cable companies have hybrid optical fibre/coppercablenetworks.
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It is run on fibre optics, not old- fashionedcoppercable.
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Coppercablehas been around for years and is still significantly cheaper than fibre optic cable.
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The cabling required is 6 core multi strandcoppercable.
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Speaker cable is figure eight multi-strandcoppercable.
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Access to the potential requires a massive investment in new cables to replace our large but outdatedcoppercablesystem.
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Why put downcoppercablewhich does not meet future requirements and which will need to be ripped out again?
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I am convinced that miles ofcoppercablehave been left in some of the abandoned collieries.
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It is undoubtedly clear that a system based on the well-established medium ofcoppercablecould be introduced more quickly.
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The cabling required is a 6 core multi strandcoppercable.
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Thus, an optical fiber or acoppercableis a transmission medium.
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The cause of the accident was the theft of 300 meters ofcoppercable.
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He took a course in fibre optics andcoppercableinstallation but was unable to find employment.
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Chances are it is linked via a long stretch ofcoppercablethat swings in the breeze from dozens of telegraph poles and ends up in an old-fashioned telephone exchange.
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It is for telecoms operators to decide whether and when it is economic to use optical fibre or other technologies such as coaxialcoppercable, copper wire, radio or satellite.
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Such field monitoring is important because the glass of fiber-optic cable is less malleable than thecoppercablethat had been formerly used.
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Either fiber-optic or coaxialcoppercablemay connect a node to a customer's location at a connection known as a cable drop.
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The fixed bearer network infrastructure comprises transmission systems and telephone exchanges linked by a fibre optic andcoppercablenetwork that is located mainly within trackside troughing routes.
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A pair gain system consists of concentrators or multiplexers which combine the separate signals into a single signal which is transmitted through the existingcoppercablepair.
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This loss is due to the electrical impedance of thecoppercable, the loss of energy through the cable insulation and the impedance caused by the connectors.
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Aluminum cable is used because it has about half the weight of a comparable resistancecoppercable(though larger diameter due to lower fundamental conductivity), as well as being cheaper.
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The network connection will reach the end user from the network access point either by fiber-optic or existingcoppercable; in difficult cases a wireless connection will be used.
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