heavy-gauge wire

  • 1Wire wrapped jewelry — Wire wrapping is one of the oldest techniques for making jewelry by hand. In wire wrapping, jewelry is made using jewelry wire and findings similar to wire (like head pins) to make components. Wire components are then connected to one another… …

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  • 2gauge — gauge1 also gage AmE [geıdʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(instrument)¦ 2¦(width/thickness)¦ 3 a gauge of something 4¦(railway)¦ 5¦(gun)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old North Frenc] 1.) …

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  • 3gauge — I UK [ɡeɪdʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms gauge : singular gauge plural gauges * 1) a piece of equipment that measures the amount of something the fuel/pressure gauge a rain/snow/hail gauge 2) a way of saying how thick something is,… …

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  • 4gauge — gauge1 [ geıdʒ ] noun count * 1. ) a piece of equipment that measures the amount of something: the fuel/gas/pressure gauge a rain/snow/hail gauge 2. ) usually singular a fact or event that can be used for judging someone or something: New orders… …

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  • 5gauge — 1 also gage AmE noun (C) 1 INSTRUMENT an instrument for measuring the size or amount of something: a rain gauge | the fuel gauge in a car 2 WIDTH a) the width of thin metal objects such as wire, or screws: a narrow gauge screw b) the width of… …

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  • 6fencing wire — /ˈfɛnsɪŋ waɪə/ (say fensing wuyuh) noun heavy gauge wire, sometimes barbed, strands of which are pulled taut between two strainers and supported by a number of posts to make a fence …

  • 7Barbed wire — For other uses, see Barb wire (disambiguation). A close up view of a barbed wire barb …

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  • 8Speaker wire — is used to make the electrical connection between loudspeakers and audio amplifiers. Modern speaker wire consists of two electrical conductors individually insulated by plastic. The two wires are electrically identical, but are marked (e.g. by a… …

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  • 9Copper wire and cable — Copper has been used in electric wiring since the invention of the electromagnet and the telegraph in the 1820s.[1][2] The invention of the telephone in 1876 proved to be another early boon for copper wire.[3] Today, despite competition from… …

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  • 10Rain gauge — A rain gauge (also known as a udometer or a pluviometer [fluviograph] or a cup) is a type of instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation (as opposed to solid precipitation that is… …

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