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CABLE SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cable system mean?
• CABLE SYSTEM (noun)
The noun CABLE SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. a television system that transmits over cables
Familiarity information: CABLE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A television system that transmits over cables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cable; cable system; cable television; cable television service
Hypernyms ("cable system" is a kind of...):
television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
Meronyms (parts of "cable system"):
cable; line; transmission line (a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power)
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