Noun

(en noun)

A message transmitted by telegraph.

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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams .

Noun

(en noun)

(label) A long object used to make a physical connection.

# A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.

# An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.

# An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.

# (label) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship.

(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.

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# Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.

A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.

(label) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.

(label) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.

(label) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.