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wiring

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wir·ing  (wrng)
n.
1. The act of attaching, connecting, or installing electric wires.
2. A system of electric wires.
3. A part of the body's physiology or neurology that determines or controls something, such as a capability or disorder: "Evolution, having made the basic computational units of language innate, may have seen no need to replace every bit of learned information with innate wiring" Steven Pinker.
wiring
Noun
the network of wires used in an electrical system, device, or circuit
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wiring - a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
light circuit, lighting circuit - wiring that provides power to electric lights
2.wiring - the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device
manual labor, manual labour - labor done with the hands
Translations

wiring [ˈwaɪərɪŋ] n → instalación f eléctrica
wiring [ˈwaɪərɪŋ] n (Elec) → installation f électrique
wiring [ˈwaɪərɪŋ] wire n → elektrische Leitungen pl
wiring [ˈwaɪərɪŋ] n (ELEC) → impianto elettrico


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I could have understood it if you had told me that you were going to New York for pleasure, instructing your man Willoughby to see that the trunks were jolly well packed and wiring to the skipper of your yacht to meet you at Liverpool.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
The vat- wiring had many bad joints, and, on investigation, Gluck discovered minute welds at the joints in the wiring.
The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context
Macewen saw my father; he told him a bank you had worked for in San Francisco was wiring over the habitable globe to have you collared - that it was supposed you had nailed thousands; and it was dead certain you had nailed three hundred.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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