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American television industry news website
Broadcasting & Cable (B&C, or Broadcasting+Cable) was a telecommunications industry monthly trade magazine and, later, news website published by Future
Broadcasting_&_Cable
Distribution of audio or audiovisual content to dispersed audiences
(OTA) or terrestrial broadcasting and in most countries requires a broadcasting license. Transmissions using a wire or cable, like cable television (which
Broadcasting
American media conglomerate (1965–2019)
companies' ad-supported cable networks were brought under the unit Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. continues to
Turner_Broadcasting_System
Television station carried by satellite
last big cable rules". Broadcasting. Vol. 99, no. 13. September 29, 1980. p. 46. "NAB request for stay in cable case denied by FCC". Broadcasting. Vol. 99
Superstation
American television channel
"Spike TV"". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007. "Breaking..." Broadcasting & Cable. June 16
Paramount_Network
American broadcast television and radio network
spin-off of its broadcast television, radio and select cable television and non-broadcasting assets, with the CBS network at its core. CBS Corporation
CBS
American pay television network
divides to conquer". Broadcasting & Cable. p. 49. Rich Brown (February 5, 1996). "HBO divides to conquer". Broadcasting & Cable. p. 50. Mark Robichaux
HBO
American basic cable television channel
TBS (originally an initialism of Turner Broadcasting System) is an American basic cable television network operated by Superstation, Inc., a subsidiary
TBS_(American_TV_channel)
American media company
2021. "Sold!" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. March 29, 1999. Retrieved October 11, 2021. "Nexstar to acquire Quorum Broadcasting". Dallas Business Journal
Nexstar_Media_Group
American pay television channel
to prospective cable systems for local advertising). Turner Broadcasting struggled to obtain carriage commitments from various cable providers to commence
TNT_(American_TV_channel)
American commercial broadcast television network
sale did not include the Fox Broadcasting Company and television stations or the Fox Sports, Fox News, and Fox Business cable channels, which were to be
Fox_Broadcasting_Company
American media company, founded 1971
Sinclair/Allbritton Deal". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved July 24, 2014. "Sinclair's Deal For Allbritton Closes". Broadcasting & Cable. August 1, 2014. Retrieved
Sinclair_Broadcast_Group
2004 controversy over broadcast indecency
Author Frederick S. Lane stated in an interview with John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable magazine that the controversy surrounding the halftime show was the
Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy
Super_Bowl_XXXVIII_halftime_show_controversy
American television broadcasting company
(fall) 2009 on WCIU-TV's first two subchannels. At the end of 2009, Broadcasting & Cable gave Weigel its first annual Multi-Platform Broadcaster of the Year
Weigel_Broadcasting
American television group owned by Comcast through NBCUniversal
Stations, with New England Cable News being transferred into NBC TV Stations. With Ted Harbert departing as head of NBC Broadcasting in September 2016, Mark
NBCUniversal_Media_Group
American broadcast television network
Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 24, 2023. "Mission Broadcasting To Acquire WADL-TV Detroit From Adell Broadcasting". Mission Broadcasting, Inc
The_CW
American broadcast television network
(February 24, 2016). "NBC, Litton Partner on 'The More You Know' Block". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved February 25, 2016. Paulson, Michael (March 29, 2018).
NBC
Retrieved April 2, 2015. "CableWatch (June 18-24, 2001) (p. 20)" (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable Magazine. July 2, 2001. "Top 50 Basic Cable Ad-Supported Programs:
List_of_South_Park_episodes
Television channel
through their business venture Major Broadcasting Corporation. The channel started off as Major Broadcasting Cable (MBC) Network. The name was rebranded
Black_Family_Channel
Electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service
Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media whose primary mission is public service with a commitment
Public_broadcasting
American businessman
TiVo Inc". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 28 October 2013. "Cable Hall of Fame 2016 Honoree - Tom Rogers". Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center. Retrieved
Tom_Rogers_(executive)
American television network (1995–2006)
Service". Broadcasting & Cable. Reed Business Information. Retrieved August 20, 2015. Allison Romano (February 24, 2006). "The Mating Game". Broadcasting & Cable
The_WB
American television channel
Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), on April 29, 1977. Focusing mainly on religious programming, the channel was notable for being one of the first cable channels
Freeform_(TV_channel)
American media and entertainment conglomerate
National Broadcasting Company, Inc. In the late 1980s, NBC began pursuing a strategy of diversification, including the formation of two NBC-owned cable-television
NBCUniversal
American multinational telecommunications and media conglomerate
(February 25, 2020). "Comcast Buys Ad-Supported Streaming Service Xumo". Broadcasting & Cable. Future US. Archived from the original on December 28, 2025. Retrieved
Comcast
American cable provider
known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable), is an American digital cable television
Cox_Communications
American streaming television service
browsers. "Dove Channel Joins Frndly TV's Profitable vMVPD Offering". Broadcasting Cable. March 22, 2021. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved
Frndly_TV
American cable and satellite television channel
Lifetime is an American basic cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A+E Global Media, which is jointly owned
Lifetime_(TV_channel)
Texan media company
"Former Hallmark Head Bill Abbott Renames Cable Networks To Create Family Friendly GAC Brands". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved October 16, 2021. Petski, Denise
Great_American_Media
American movie-focused pay television network
conquer". Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners Business Information. p. 49. Rich Brown (February 5, 1996). "HBO divides to conquer". Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners
Cinemax
International Christian television network (1973–present)
national distribution through cable television providers in 1978. The ministry, which became known as the Trinity Broadcasting Network, gained national distribution
Trinity_Broadcasting_Network
"For the Record". Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications, Inc. July 16, 1979. p. 58. "Cable, Southern style". Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications, Inc
History of TBS (American TV channel)
History_of_TBS_(American_TV_channel)
American cable television network
on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020. "FX gets a makeover". Broadcasting & Cable. May 7, 2000. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved
FX_(TV_channel)
American pay television network
onto Liberty Media to shield MSO from channel's ongoing losses". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved March 11
Starz
American broadcast television network
purchasing an 80 percent interest in cable sports channel ESPN, the network's corporate parent, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., merged with Capital
American_Broadcasting_Company
American digital multicasting network media company
2, 2017. In December 2018, Turner Broadcasting sold the rights to the brand and programming library of defunct cable network Court TV (which had been relaunched
Scripps_Networks
MyNetworkTV". Broadcasting & Cable. Michael Malone (February 9, 2009). "MyNetworkTV Shifts From Network to Programming Service". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved
Television in the United States
Television_in_the_United_States
American television syndication service
Affils". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 2, 2015. Romano, Allison (March 2, 2006). "Sinclair Signs On to MyNetworkTV". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved
MyNetworkTV
National feed of The WB for smaller markets
Broadcasting & Cable. Reed Business Information. Retrieved August 21, 2015. Paige Albiniak (April 18, 2004). "The Big Picture". Broadcasting & Cable.
The_WB_100+_Station_Group
from Broadcasting & Cable, January 31, 2012 "TWC Cleared to Take Over Insight," Archived May 24, 2024, at the Wayback Machine from Broadcasting & Cable, February
2012_in_American_television
American subscription television network
NewsNation is an American cable news network owned by Nexstar Media Group. Known for most of its history as WGN Superstation and Superstation WGN before
NewsNation
Find Big Audience". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved March 23, 2014. Fitzgerald, Toni (July 29, 2004). "July's hot cable surprise: Nick at
List_of_Monk_episodes
American mass media company
Acquire CBS Affiliates WFRV, WJMN for $20 Mil". Broadcasting & Cable. April 7, 2011. "Nexstar Broadcasting Completes Acquisition of CBS Affiliates WFRV-TV
Liberty_Media
American reality court show (2013–2020)
August 2013, the show was sold in 92% of the country. An article in Broadcasting & Cable talking about the conception of the show listed the paternity test-focused
Lauren_Lake's_Paternity_Court
American pay television network
Line Cinema, broadcasting its films released between 1994 and 2004. On November 22, 1993, Showtime signed exclusive first-run premium cable rights with
Showtime_(TV_network)
American tabloid talk show (1991–2022)
2009). "'Springer,' 'Wilkos,' 'Maury' to Tape in Connecticut". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 19, 2022. Braxton, Greg (June 22, 2022). "Maury
Maury_(talk_show)
Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved June 18, 2019. Eggerton, John (June 19, 2019). "FCC Releases 'Modest' Kids TV Reforms Item". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived
Regulations on children's television programming in the United States
Regulations_on_children's_television_programming_in_the_United_States
2009 switchover in the U.S. from analog to digital broadcasting of TV programming
Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved July 8, 2009. Eggerton, John (June 17, 2009). "House Version of Sanders DTV Bill Introduced". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived
Digital television transition in the United States
Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States
(PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Magazine. May 5, 1997. Retrieved May 10, 2023. "People's Choice: 50 Top Cable Shows (p. 50)" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Magazine
List of The Angry Beavers episodes
List_of_The_Angry_Beavers_episodes
American television network (1995–2006)
Steve (October 10, 1994). "U/P Network Unveils Launch Lineup" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. pp. 7–8. Daniels, Susanne; Littleton, Cynthia. (2007). Season Finale:
UPN
Unshielded twisted pair communications cable
Category 5 cable (Cat 5) is a twisted pair cable for computer networks. Since 2001, the variant commonly in use is the Category 5e specification (Cat 5e)
Category_5_cable
"CableWatch: Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2000 − Cable's Top 20 (p. 36)" (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable Magazine. December 11, 2000. Retrieved June 8, 2023. "CableWatch:
List of The Wild Thornberrys episodes
List_of_The_Wild_Thornberrys_episodes
American business news channel
Topcik, Joel (September 18, 2006). "Wald Boosts Business at CNBC". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Brady, Ray (December
CNBC
American classic movie-oriented television channel
from Turner's library of movies aired on the Turner Broadcasting System's advertiser-supported cable network TNT along with colorized versions of black-and-white
Turner_Classic_Movies
Media company in Indiana
Dish". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved April 2, 2026. "Brands | Circle City Broadcasting | broadcast TV | Indianapolis, IN". Circle City Broadcasting. Retrieved
Circle_City_Broadcasting
American businessman (born 1955)
Variety. Retrieved 21 March 2013. "Ted Harbert, Chairman, NBC Broadcasting". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 21 March 2013. Heisler, Steve (8 August 2012)
Ted_Harbert
Television station in Atlanta
"For the Record". Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications, Inc. July 16, 1979. p. 58. "Cable, Southern style". Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications, Inc
WPCH-TV
Cable assembly containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light
A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that
Fiber-optic_cable
American television production company
Cynthia (May 27, 1996). "MCA buys into Brillstein-Grey" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 20. Retrieved July 24, 2024. Hontz, Jenny (August 27, 1998).
Universal_Television
from Broadcasting & Cable [2] from Broadcasting & Cable [3] from Broadcasting & Cable [4] from Broadcasting & Cable [5] from Broadcasting & Cable [6] from
1995_in_American_television
American television news program
Weekend News'". Broadcasting & Cable. Malone, Michael (May 29, 2020). "KMOV St. Louis Anchors to Helm 'CBS Weekend News'". Broadcasting & Cable. Steinberg
CBS_Weekend_News
American television series
& Cable. Retrieved April 8, 2026. Malone, Michael (March 1, 2022). "'Collector's Call' Season Three on MeTV Starting March 27". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved
Collector's_Call
American television and radio broadcast company (1924–2019)
as full- or partial-ownership of cable television and national digital subchannel networks. Tribune's broadcasting unit originated with the June 1924
Tribune_Broadcasting
Television station in Nashua, New Hampshire
WBTS-CD (channel 15, cable channel 10), branded NBC10 Boston, is a Class A television station licensed to Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. Serving
WBTS-CD
purchasing an 80 percent interest in cable sports channel ESPN, the network's corporate parent, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., merged with Capital
History of the American Broadcasting Company
History_of_the_American_Broadcasting_Company
American 2017 game show
Air 'Funny You Should Ask' Special from Byron Allen in Primetime". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved June 3, 2026. Staff, TheGrio (December 1, 2023). "'Byron
Funny You Should Ask (2017 game show)
Funny_You_Should_Ask_(2017_game_show)
Post (January 2, 2013) "Cox Subs Dark in Six Raycom Markets" from Broadcasting & Cable (January 2, 2013) "VH1 tweaks logo to reflect broader programming"
2013_in_American_television
Television station in Detroit
McClellan, Steve (October 7, 2001). "WDWB-TV goes on the block". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2022
WMYD
American media company
"Byron Allen Acquires The Weather Group in $300 Million Deal". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 22
Allen_Media_Group
American digital multicast television network
(August 11, 2014). "Katz Shows True Grit Building Multicast Empire". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 23, 2018. Jessell, Harry (May 10, 2011). "Bounce
Bounce_TV
South Korean broadcasting company
business. Furthermore, it started cable TV (MBC Plus Media,) satellite TV, new DMB broadcasting and full daytime broadcasting on terrestrial television. In
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Munhwa_Broadcasting_Corporation
American digital cable and satellite television network
Radio Network. In late 2005, television industry trade publication Broadcasting & Cable named GAC as one of TV's "Breakout Networks", saying of the channel:
Great_American_Family
American news channel
Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN) is an American multinational news media company and the flagship namesake property of CNN Worldwide, a division of Warner
CNN
Television station in Chicago
now-defunct regional cable news channel Chicagoland Television (CLTV) were the three flagship properties of Tribune Broadcasting, until the company's
WGN-TV
Telecommunications network for TV programming
via cable or direct-broadcast satellite providers. Such networks are commonly referred to by terms such as "specialty channels" in Canada or "cable networks"
Television_broadcaster
American syndicated talk show
2007). "Syndication Ratings: The Steve Wilkos Show Leads Pack". Broadcasting Cable. Retrieved February 26, 2021. "Ratings – "The Steve Wilkos Show" Posts
The_Steve_Wilkos_Show
Television station in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
$987M". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022. "On Monday-September 17th, Television Cable Company
WMBF-TV
Process of reassigning frequency bands for new uses
chairman in 2013. Regarding the CEA study's findings, Donovan said to Broadcasting & Cable magazine: Wireless companies are asking the government to participate
2016 United States wireless spectrum auction
2016_United_States_wireless_spectrum_auction
Broadcasting & Cable Magazine. October 13, 1997. Retrieved May 31, 2023. "People's Choice: 50 Top Cable Shows (p. 60)" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Magazine
List_of_Rugrats_episodes
Christian radio network in the United States
Radio. February 7, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2021. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1993, Broadcasting & Cable, 1993. p. B-262. Retrieved May 29, 2021. "Burke
Fundamental Broadcasting Network
Fundamental_Broadcasting_Network
American digital television network
Thing's a Hit". Broadcasting & Cable. Michael Malone (September 8, 2008). "Marketti Named Creative Director at This TV". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved August
This_TV
American syndicated talk show (2012–2013)
just a year after her original show ended in 2004. At that time, Broadcasting & Cable magazine reported that Lake might return to do a "new" version of
The Ricki Lake Show (2012 talk show)
The_Ricki_Lake_Show_(2012_talk_show)
Radio station in Marietta, Mississippi, United States
station flipped to Top 40/CHR as "Wild 96.3". Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010, Broadcasting & Cable, 2010. p. D-317. Retrieved May 3, 2019. "Facility
WXWX
Grossman, Ben (January 10, 2010). "TCA 2010: Leno At 10 Done". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved
2010_in_American_television
American television network (1978–2021)
carried by local cable systems, and served as the national carrier of The WB (part-owned by WGN-TV founding owner Tribune Broadcasting, which would acquire
WGN_America
2021 American TV series or program
Casa de los Famosos' Features Celebs Coexisting Under One Roof". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved November 17, 2021. Obregón, Amelia (August 5, 2021). "Telemundo
La_casa_de_los_famosos
American television news program
2022). "Sinclair's 'National Desk' Adding Weekend Edition March 5". Broadcasting+Cable. Retrieved January 2, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival
The_National_News_Desk
American cable channel
TechTV was an American cable television channel with a focus on technology. It was launched as ZDTV on May 11, 1998, by computer magazine publisher Ziff-Davis
TechTV
Former undersea telegraph cable
Transatlantic telegraph cables are undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean which were used for telegraph communications. The Atlantic Telegraph
Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
American preacher (born 1957)
Broadcasting & Cable. January 10, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2015. "Tegna, Debmar-Mercury to Test Talker Starring T.D. Jakes". Broadcasting & Cable. July
T._D._Jakes
2025. Broadcasting & Cable, February 16, 1998 Broadcasting & Cable, August 7, 2000 Broadcasting & Cable, November 1, 1999 Broadcasting & Cable, May 19
2000_in_American_television
Type of television channel
Romano, Allison (January 19, 2009). "Cutting Bait On Subchannels". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 8,
Digital multicast television network
Digital_multicast_television_network
Distribution of television programming to customers for a subscription fee in the USA
than existing cable channels. Similar to British Sky Broadcasting (and its predecessors Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting) in the United
Multichannel television in the United States
Multichannel_television_in_the_United_States
American Spanish-language television network
TV". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved November 7, 2015. Paige Albiniak (August 16, 2004). "Seeing Red Over Green Card TV". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved
Estrella_TV
Television service provider owned by DirecTV
Mike (January 15, 2013). "Disney Strikes U-Verse Carriage Deal". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 15, 2013. Littleton, Cynthia (October 26, 2015)
U-verse_TV
American digital multicast television network
2015). "Exclusive: Comedy Multicast Net Launching on ABC, Scripps". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January
Laff_(TV_network)
Events around the launches of The CW and MyNetworkTV
John M. Higgins (October 2, 2006). "Time Warner Cable Squeezes CW Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved
2006 United States broadcast television realignment
2006_United_States_broadcast_television_realignment
Season of television series
Gets Cable Ratings Gold". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved March 23, 2014. Becker, Anne (January 25, 2005). "Monk Debut Tops Cable". Broadcasting
Monk_season_3
Media distribution system
Success Is Blend of Linear, Digital Models". Broadcasting & Cable: 18. "Tech Tweets". Broadcasting & Cable: 23. 15 August 2016. Clement, Michel; Otten
Video_on_demand
Television station in Atlanta
Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners Business Information. p. 49. Retrieved October 22, 2018 – via World Radio History. "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting
WAGA-TV
BROADCASTING CABLE
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope, especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from Anglo-Norman French cable ‘cable’ (Late Latin capulum ‘halter’, of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with Latin capere ‘to seize’).English : possibly from an Old English personal name, Ceadbeald.English : metonymic occupational name for a horseman, from Middle English cabal ‘horse’.From German Göbel (see Goebel), assimilated to the English name.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Rope; Rope-maker; An English Surname
Surname or Lastname
Catalan
Catalan : nickname for a bald man, equivalent to Spanish Cabello.English : variant spelling of Cable.Possibly a respelling of German Göbel (see Goebel) or Kabel.William Cabell, of Bugley near Warminster, in Wiltshire, England, trained in surgery and migrated to Virginia in the 18th century. The emigrant ancestor of a distinguished VA family, he married in 1726 and by 1741 had carried settlements 50 miles westward. As a pioneer during VA’s westward push, the surgeon had a private hospital from which he handed out medicines and wooden legs crafted by his artisans.
Boy/Male
English
Ropemaker. An English surname.
BROADCASTING CABLE
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Girl/Female
Australian, Greek
Flower Name
Girl/Female
Indian
River Yamuna, Success
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sri Hari, Beloved of Sri
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Girl with a Glowing Eyes
Girl/Female
British, English, Indian, Latin
Lavender; Lord Ganesha
Girl/Female
Christian, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Equality
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Goddess Saraswati
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Diamond; Name of the Armament in the Hand of Indra it was Made of Dadhichi Rishi Bones
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil
A Full Moon Night; A Star; Powerful; Prayer; Quick; Lightening; Jasmine (Tamil Literature)
Boy/Male
Indian
Everlasting, Perpetual, For
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n.
The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
n.
A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
a.
Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain.
n.
A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
v. t.
To fasten with a cable.
v. t.
To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable.
n.
To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.
v. i.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
v. t. & i.
To telegraph by a submarine cable
v. t.
To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.
n.
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
a.
Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.
n.
A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.
a.
Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.
n.
A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.
v. t.
To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
imp. & p. p.
of Cable
prep.
On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.
a.
Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope.