common wire
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of common wire
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The most common wire gauges used in U.S. residential buildings are 14, 12 and 10.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2021
One, seemingly in charge, held a weapon in his hand, a slender tube no thicker than a common wire; and ending in a cylinder within the creature's hand.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various
Each of the sleeve-contact anvils is connected through the coil of the line relay to another common wire 2, which connects with the live side of the common battery.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel
Very close to it was a piece of railroad iron that must have been carried half a mile, bent as it it were but common wire.
From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by Walker, James Herbert
Ignoring at first the pilot relay and the pilot lamp, it will be seen that each of the tip-spring anvils of the jacks is connected to a common wire 1 which is grounded.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel
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