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单词 cable system
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cable system
cable system n. a system of traction by cable, or of telegraphy by submarine cables.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > types or systems of
multiple telegraphy1876
quadruplex1878
cable system1887
harmonic telegraphy1902
typo-telegraphy1903
telex1932
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > system of traction by cable
funicular1881
telpherage1883
cable system1887
slacklining1933
1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction Introd. 3 From the capabilities of the ‘cable system’, it is now quite feasible to effect tramway communication in the most hilly districts.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 223/2 This spread of the cable system has naturally followed trade routes.
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cable system
b. (In sense 3d.) cable channel, cable company, cable movie, cable operator, cable service, cable show, cable subscriber, cable system, etc.; cable-carried adj.
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1962 Television Soc. Jrnl. 10 88/2 The system to be described, that is the coaxial cable v.h.f. system, was conceived on a rather different basis.
1971 T. Ledbetter in C. Tate Cable Television in Cities 7/2 Cable subscribers in an isolated Pennsylvania town..actually got better reception..than people living in Philadelphia.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 18 Dec. 9/3 The FCC public-access doctrine..requires cable operators regularly to turn over time free or at reduced rate, so local individuals..and community groups can produce their shows.
1981 B. Paulu Television & Radio in U.K. vi. 99 Cable services undoubtedly will continue... Currently the cable companies are losing customers as UHF broadcast coverage improves.
1982 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 14/3 Its arguments are that a free cable system will lower standards, will be unfair to rural communities, and will favour the rich against the poor.
1983 Wall St. Jrnl. 5 Jan. 1/4 I got a room with droopy drapes..and free cable movies.
1983 Listener 3 Feb. 38/2 It is here, on the many cable-carried public stations, that Sesame Street can be seen.
1983 Fortune 2 May 125/1 Nickelodeon,..a children's cable channel.., has no ads... Some cable shows for kids carry ads.
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