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WIRE ROPE

Definition: WIRE ROPE

WIRE ROPE

1. A rope formed wholly, or in great part, of wires.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: WIRE ROPE

DomainDefinitions

Mining

A. A rope made of twisted strands of wire for winding in shafts and underground haulages. Wire ropes are made from medium carbon steels. See also:cable; flattened strand rope; locked coil rope; multiple-strand rope; winding rope b. Various constructions of wire rope are designated by the number of strands in the rope and the number of wires in each strand. The following are some common terms encountered: airplane strand; cable-laid rope; crane rope; elevator rope; extra-flexible hoisting rope; flat rope; flattened-strand rope; guy rope; guy strand; hand rope; haulage rope; hawser; hoisting rope; Lang lay rope; lay; left lay rope; left twist; nonspinning rope; regular lay; reverse-laid rope; rheostat rope; right lay; right twist; running rope; special flexible hoisting rope; standingrope; towing hawser; transmission rope. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: WIRE ROPE

English words defined with "WIRE ROPE": cablestaytightrope. (references)
Specialty definitions using "WIRE ROPE": ACROBATIC RIGGER, airplane-strand wire rope, annealed wire ropeblasting mat, bulldog grip, button-breaker operatorcable drill, cable-machine operator, cabling-machine operator, CALENDER-MACHINE OPERATOR, CENTRIFUGAL SPINNER, CHAIN MAKER, HAND, CHIMNEY REPAIRER, clip method, cloth calender, crane rigger, crane ropeDECORATOR, STREET AND BUILDING, drilling clamp, dry fatigueELEVATOR-CONSTRUCTOR HELPER, elevator-erector helper, extra-special improved plowfeeder operator, finished-wire inspector, FISHING ACCESSORIES MAKER, flattened strand ropehalving becket, high-wire artist, hollow-rod churn drill, Holme mud sampler, hook tenderImproved paragon, independent wire rope core, INSPECTOR, WIRElay rope, laying in, left lang lay, left regular lay, lifting strap, lifting strop, locked coil rope, locked-wire ropeORDINARY SEAMAN, overhead-rope monorailpoured fitting, preformed roperated capacit, reel locomotive, regular lay, reverse laid rope, right lang lay, right lay, right regular lay, rope core, rope diameter, rope fastening, rope roof bolt, rope socket, RUNNING RIGGERSeale rope, Seale's lay, second rigger, special flexible rope, spinner, concrete pipe, spinning cable, spinning chain, steel wire rope, strander operator, STRANDING-MACHINE OPERATOR, strand-machine operator, sulfate pulp, sweep *tape calender, taper rope, tight-rope walker, track cableWard drill, Warrington rope, wedge socket fitting, WINCH DRIVER, wire clamp, wire line, wire strand, WIRE WALKER, wire-rope support, WIRE-ROPE-SLING MAKER, wire-strand coreyard rigger. (references)

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Commercial Usage: WIRE ROPE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Theory of Wire Rope (Mechanical Engineering Series (Berlin, Germany).) (reference)

  • Wire and fibre ropes; a report on the supply and exports of wire rope and fibre rope and cordage (reference)

  • Wire Rope Offshore: A Critical Review of Wire Rope Endurance Research Affecting (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: WIRE ROPE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wire rope

200

steel wire rope and cable

5

wire rope hoist

153

electric wire rope hoist

5

stainless steel wire rope

40

wire rope sheave

5

wire rope assembly

23

wire rope cable

5

steel wire rope

22

wire rope hardware

5

wire rope sling

22

wire rope thimble

5

wire rope clamp

18

wire rope user manual

3

wire rope fitting

12

wire rope and accessory

3

wire rope clip

11

wire rope cable assembly

3

wire rope manufacturer

11

coated wire rope

3

wire rope sheaf

10

wire rope rigging

2

wire rope industry

10

stainless wire rope

2

wire rope cutter

9

wire rope supplier

2

wire rope pulley

6

wire rope lubricant

2

splicing wire rope

6

manufacturer of wire rope sheaf

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: WIRE ROPE

Language Translations for "WIRE ROPE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

staaltraadstov, krydsslaæt tov (nonspinning rope), kabel (cable). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stalen kabel, staaldraadkabels, kabel (cable, conductor, conduit), herculestouw, herculesdraad, draadkabel, antitorsiekabel (nonspinning rope). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

teräsköysi (steel cable). (various references)

   

French

  

corde mixte, câbles métalliques, câble sans torsion, câble mixte (consisting of several strands each of which is itself formed from a combination of natural fibre or synthetic fibre yarns and steel wires, the wires being either galvanized or ungalvanized as required by the customer, with or without a central core), câble métallique, câble anti-torsion, câble (wire). (various references)

   

German

  

Stahldrahttau, Seil (cable, cord, high-wire, rope, string, tightrope, wire), prallfreies Seil (nonspinning rope), Kabel (cable, cablegram, cables, cabling, cord, flex, lead, wire), Herkulestau, Herkulesdraht, drallfreies Seil (nonspinning rope), Drahtseile, Drahtseil (cable, stranded wire, tightrope, wire cable). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καλώδιο (cable, flex, guy, hawser, wire), συρματόσχοινο (cable, nonspinning rope, ropeway). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

drótkötél. (various references)

   

Italian

  

fune (cable, line, rope, tether), cavo antitorsione (nonspinning rope), cavo (cabel, cable, concave, hawser, hollow, robe, rope, sunken, tightrope, trunk, wire). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

鉄索 (cable, cableway). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

てっさく (cable, cableway, iron railing or fence). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ireway operay

   

Portuguese

  

cabo metálico (wire cable), cabo de arame (nonspinning rope), cabo (bight, cable, Cape, cord, Corporal, end, flex, foreland, grip, gripe, guy, hand, handle, headland, helve, hilt, hokum, hook, hub, knob, leg pull, naze, non commissioned officer, non-com, preventer, rope, stock, tail). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cable antitorsión (nonspinning rope), cable (cable, cord, flex, hawser, lead). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tel halat. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: WIRE ROPE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-o-p-r-r-w"

-1 letter: repower.

-2 letters: prower, rewire, ropier.

-3 letters: power, prier, prior, repro, riper, roper, rower, wiper, wirer, wrier.

-4 letters: ewer, peer, peri, pier, pore, pree, prow, repo, ripe, rope, weep, weer, weir, were, wipe, wire, wore.

-5 letters: ere, err, ewe, ire, ope, ore, owe, pee, per, pew, pie, poi, pow, pro, ree, rei, rep, rip, roe, row.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-o-p-r-r-w"
 

+1 letter: firepower.

 

+2 letters: firepowers, repowering.

 

+3 letters: pieceworker.

 

+4 letters: horsewhipper, overpowering, pieceworkers.

 

+5 letters: horsewhippers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WIRE ROPE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 49 52 45      52 4F 50 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01001001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01010010 01001111 01010000 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#73 &#82 &#69 &#32 &#82 &#79 &#80 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0049 0052 0045      0052 004F 0050 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57435239252495039

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
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Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;