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1Wire gauge — is a measurement of how large a wire is, either in diameter or cross sectional area. This determines the amount of electric current a wire can safely carry, as well as its electrical resistance and weight per unit of length. Wire gauge is… …
2Wire 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… …
3Gauge — may refer to:In measurements:* American wire gauge, a measurement of diameter of a wire * Gauge (bore diameter), the diameter of a shotgun barrel * Stubs Iron Wire Gauge, which corresponds to the diameter of a hypodermic needle **See also * Sheet …
4gauge — 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… …
5American wire gauge — (AWG), also known as the Brown Sharpe wire gauge, is a standardized wire gauge system used since 1857 predominantly in the United States for the diameters of round, solid, nonferrous, electrically conducting wire. [ASTM Standard B 258 02,… …
6Aluminum wire — is a type of wiring used in houses and power grids. History Usage within utilities Since the early 1900s, utility companies have been using aluminum wire for transmission of electricity within their power grids. It has advantages over the older… …
7Copper 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… …
8strain gauge — Geol. a type of extensometer designed for geophysical use. Also called strainmeter /strayn mee teuhr/, strainometer /stray nom i teuhr/. [1905 10] * * * Device for measuring the changes in distances between points in solid bodies that occur when… …
9Rain 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… …
10Piano wire — Piano string ends Piano strings Piano wire, or music wire , is …
