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  • 1pull — [pool] vt. [ME pullen < OE pullian, to pluck, snatch with the fingers: ? akin to MLowG pull, a husk, shell] 1. to exert force or influence on so as to cause to move toward or after the source of the force; drag, tug, draw, attract, etc. 2. a)… …

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  • 2Cable jetting — is a technique to install cables in ducts [http://www.plumettaz.ch/en/products/optical fiber/jetting explanation.asp] . It is commonly used to install cables with optical fibers in underground polyethylene ducts and is an alternative to pulling …

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  • 3Cable car (railway) — A cable car or cable railway is a mass transit system using rail cars that are propelled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are… …

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  • 4Cable-stayed bridge — BridgeTypePix image title=The Rio Antirio bridge in Greece type name=Cable stayed bridge sibling names=None descendent names=Side spar cable stayed bridge, Self anchored suspension bridge, cantilever spar cable stayed bridge ancestor… …

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  • 5Cable car — A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems. Varieties in which the vehicle is suspended from a cable: * An aerial tramway… …

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  • 6Cable skiing — [ Vienna] Cable skiing is a way to water ski (or wakeboard), where the skier s rope and handle are pulled by an electrically driven cable, where as traditionally a waterskier is being pulled by a motorboat. This cable is actually two cables… …

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  • 7Cable & Deadpool — Infobox comic book title title = Cable Deadpool caption = Cover to Cable Deadpool #5 Art by Mark Brooks schedule = Monthly ongoing=y publisher = Marvel Comics date = May 2004 April 2008 issues = 50 Superhero = y main char team = Cable Deadpool… …

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  • 8Cable ferry — Coin operated cable ferry at Espevær in Bømlo, Norway A cable ferry is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by cables connected to both shores. They are also called chain ferries, floating bridges, or… …

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  • 9cable — cablelike, adj. /kay beuhl/, n., v., cabled, cabling. n. 1. a heavy, strong rope. 2. a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges. 3. a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a… …

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  • 10cable — ca•ble [[t]ˈkeɪ bəl[/t]] n. v. bled, bling 1) a heavy, strong rope 2) mac a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, used to support cable cars, suspension bridges, etc 3) mac a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism 4) civ …

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