Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of attaching, connecting, or installing electric wires.
- noun A system of electric wires.
- noun A part of the body's physiology or neurology that determines or controls something, such as a capability or disorder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the holding in apposition of the ends of a fractured bone by means of wire passed through holes drilled in the bony substance: a method employed most frequently in cases of fractured patella, in which bony union is especially difficult to obtain.
- noun In taxidermy, the setting or fixing of the skin on a wire framework or the insertion of a wire in any member: as, the wiring of the legs was faulty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one that wires anything.
- noun The wires or conductors employed in any system in which electric voltages or current are transmitted between components.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
wire . - noun A
system ofelectric wires . - noun The act of
installing wiring.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device
- noun a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
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Examples
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To deliver SchoolNet and the Community Access Program, we need to make sure the wiring is there.
Connecting Canadians 1998
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Sometimes, wiring is okay, but we can't physically get to the lights because the streets are just dirt and sand and are inaccessible during construction.
Susan Buchanan: Streets Unlit After Dusk In Parts of New Orleans Susan Buchanan 2010
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The fact that small gauge wiring is more dangerous is unknown to them.
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The fact that small gauge wiring is more dangerous is unknown to them.
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Our evolutionary hard wiring is to live in very small groups, separated by large areas of natural wilderness.
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"Lakeview's underground wiring is still affected by salt waters from Katrina," Robinson said.
Susan Buchanan: Streets Unlit After Dusk In Parts of New Orleans Susan Buchanan 2010
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So maybe our hard wiring is why we will never be wine-tasting robots, with pesky things like emotions and context getting in the way.
“Hocus-pocus” – The Taste Makers in the NYer | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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The fact that small gauge wiring is more dangerous is unknown to them.
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So maybe our hard wiring is why we will never be wine-tasting robots, with pesky things like emotions and context getting in the way.
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ALL our wiring is underground, thank you very much.
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