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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ferranti cables

/fĕr-ăn'-tē kāb'-əlz/ · Fer·ran·ti ca·bles · IPA
01 A form of conductor, designed by Ferranti, for currents of high potential, and consisting of concentric tubes of copper separated by an ins…
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    A form of conductor, designed by Ferranti, for currents of high potential, and consisting of concentric tubes of copper separated by an insulating material composed of paper saturated with black mineral wax.(Elec.)